Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

And as the light came on, Fowler had his first authentic thrill of the day. For halfway across the room, a small automatic pistol in his hand, stood a man. Ausable blinked a few times.

1. Who was standing in the room with a pistol in his hand?
   1. Ausable
   2. Fowler
   3. Max
   4. A waiter
2. Ausable blinked because he:
   1. was getting adjusted to the light.
   2. got afraid of the man with a pistol.
   3. was thrilled to have reached his room.
   4. started thinking of how to get rid of the man.
3. Fowler was thrilled because what he saw looked like a ______.
4. Which word in the extract means the same as ‘genuine/real’?

Answer 1

1. (iii) Max
2. (i) was getting adjusted to the light.
3. looked like a real thriller scene; finally, the kind of action and scene involved a man with a small automatic pistol in his hand.
4. Authentic