CLASS 10 · FOOT PRINTS WITHOUT FEET SUPP. READER · CHAPTER 3
Original student-friendly answers for The Midnight Visitor and its activities.
8 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Textbook pages NCERT Footprints Without Feet, Chapter 3
Question Read and Find Out
Notice the difference between Ausable’s appearance and his quick thinking.
Ausable seems ordinary, but he invents a balcony and uses the knock to trick Max into escaping through the window.
Question Think about It
Follow the two false details Ausable creates.
He stays calm and tricks Max with the balcony story and supposed police arrival.
Question Think about It
Compare Fowler’s expectations with what happens.
Max is the unexpected midnight visitor. Fowler learns that an agent’s intelligence matters more than appearance.
Question Talk about It / Write
Set up a problem and show the character’s reasoning.
Describe the problem, the calm check, and how the character solves it.
Question Read and Find Out I
Compare appearance with expectations
Ausable looks ordinary and lives in a plain hotel room. Fowler is a young writer; he gets his first real thrill when he sees Max holding a pistol.
Question Read and Find Out II
Separate what Max says from Ausable’s story
Max says he used a passkey. Ausable invents a detailed story about a balcony and an adjoining room, which Max believes.
Question Think about It I–III
Compare the stereotype with Ausable
Ausable looks unlike a stereotypical spy but thinks quickly. His detailed balcony story sounds real. He likely invents the plan after seeing Max and adapts it when Henry knocks.
Question Talk about It I–II
Explain what calm thinking does
Stay calm, move away from danger, alert a trusted adult, and call emergency services when needed. Never touch sparking equipment or enter floodwater.