I. Answer these question in a few words or a couple of sentences each.
1. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of music ?
Ans : Evelyn
was seventeen years
when she went to the
Royal Academy of
music.
2. When was her deafness first noticed ? when was it confirmed ?
Ans : Her
deafness was first
noticed when she
was eight years
old. She did
not move when
she was called
to play the
piano .
Her deafness
was confirmed when
was taken to
a specialist. She
was eleven them.
II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (30-40 words)1. Who helped her to continue with music ? what did he do and say?
Ans : A percussionist Ron
Forbs could guess
her talent. He
helped her to
continue with music .
he tuned two
large drams to
different notes. He
asked Evelyn not
to listen through
ears but to
sense the notes
some other way.
2. Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs .
Ans : Evelyn plays
for regular concerts. She also
performs in hospitals
and prisons . she also
gives priority to
classes for young
musicians.
III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words)1. How does Evelyn hear music?
Ans : Evelyn is
completely deaf so
she cannot hear
music with her
ears. But she
hears music with
her ears .but
she hears it
some other ways.
She sense the
notes through different
parts of her
body . she feels
the higher drum
her waist up
and the lower
waist up
and the lower
waist down . she
senses certain notes
as they vibrate
because she opened
her body and
mind to them.
According to
her music pours
in through every
part of her
body . it tingles in
her skin , her
cheekbones and even
she can feel
it in her
hair . when she
plays the xylophone
she feels the
sound passing up
the stick into
her fingertips . On
wooden platforms she
puts off her
shoes so that
vibration may pass
through her bare
feet and go
up her legs.
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