1. Which family did Bismillah Khan belong to?
   a. Singer Family
   b. Barber Family
   c. Musician Family
   d. Royal Family
2. What was the source of inspiration for Bismillah?
   a. Red Fort
   b. Royal Palaces
   c. Ganga Ghats
   d. None of these
3. At the age of ________, the young boy spent his life at his maternal uncle’s house in Benaras.
   a. Four
   b. Five
   c. Six
   d. Three
4. Who was Ali Baksh?
   a. His maternal uncle
   b. His father’s friend
   c. His friend
   d. His father
5. Find a word from the passage that means charmed.
   a. Accompanying
   b. None of these
   c. Fascinated
   d. Captivated
6. How did Evelyn’s teachers respond when she expressed her desire to play the xylophone?
7. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A.?
8. How did Evelyn’s parents come to discover her deafness?
9. How did Evelyn’s deafness come to light?
10. How does Evelyn hear music?

1. (c) Musician Family

2. (c) Ganga Ghats

3. (d) Three

4. (a) His maternal uncle

5. (d) Captivated

6. When Evelyn wanted to play the xylophone, most teachers discouraged her. However, percussionist Ron Forbes recognized her potential. He tuned two large drums to different notes and encouraged her to feel the music with her heart rather than hearing it with her ears. This approach allowed her to sense rhythm and melody despite her deafness.

7. Bismillah Khan refused to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A. because he deeply loved India and never wanted to leave his homeland. Even when he traveled abroad, he always yearned to return to Hindustan. He preferred to continue sharing his music in India rather than settling elsewhere.

8. Evelyn’s deafness was first noticed when she was eight years old. Her mother realized something was wrong when Evelyn did not respond to a call to perform on the piano. Later, by age eleven, her academic performance had deteriorated, prompting her parents to consult a specialist, who confirmed that Evelyn had significant hearing impairment due to gradual nerve damage.

9. Evelyn’s deafness became evident over time. At age eight, she did not respond when her name was called to play the piano. By age eleven, her declining marks at school drew attention from the headmistress, who urged her parents to take her to a specialist. The specialist diagnosed her hearing impairment and explained the extent of her deafness.

10. Evelyn did not hear music in the conventional sense; she felt it. She sensed notes through different parts of her body. Under the guidance of percussionist Ron Forbes, she learned to feel vibrations: the higher drum through her waist up, and the lower drum from the waist down. She played the xylophone by sensing the sound traveling up the stick into her fingertips. She would lean against the drums and stand barefoot on a wooden platform to fully experience vibrations. Evelyn explained that her whole body, including her hair, responded to the music’s resonance, allowing her to perceive and perform music in an extraordinary, tactile way.