Q1. Where was Evelyn going on her first day?
a) Royal College of Music
b) Royal Academy of Music
c) Scottish Music School
d) London Music Institute
Answer: b) Royal Academy of Music

Q2. Evelyn was nervous yet excited because she was going to ______.
a) give her first performance
b) meet a famous musician
c) join the Royal Academy of Music
d) travel abroad
Answer: c) join the Royal Academy of Music

Q3. Evelyn Glennie was originally from ______.
a) England
b) Ireland
c) Scotland
d) Wales
Answer: c) Scotland

Q4. Evelyn was profoundly ______.
a) blind
b) deaf
c) lame
d) ill
Answer: b) deaf

Q5. When was her deafness first noticed?
a) At the age of five
b) At the age of eight
c) At the age of eleven
d) At the age of thirteen
Answer: b) At the age of eight

Q6. Evelyn’s hearing loss was ______.
a) sudden
b) gradual
c) accidental
d) temporary
Answer: b) gradual

Q7. What was the main cause of Evelyn’s hearing problem?
a) Birth defect
b) Accident
c) Viral infection
d) Nerve damage
Answer: d) Nerve damage

Q8. What were doctors’ advice to Evelyn after discovering her hearing problem?
a) Leave school
b) Take complete rest
c) Use hearing aids and join a school for the deaf
d) Stop learning music
Answer: c) Use hearing aids and join a school for the deaf

Q9. How did Evelyn react to her hearing disability?
a) She became depressed
b) She gave up music
c) She decided to lead a normal life
d) She isolated herself
Answer: c) She decided to lead a normal life

Q10. Which instrument did Evelyn first decide to learn after seeing another girl play it?
a) Piano
b) Violin
c) Xylophone
d) Guitar
Answer: c) Xylophone

Q11. Who encouraged Evelyn to pursue music seriously?
a) James Blades
b) Her mother
c) Ron Forbes
d) The headmistress
Answer: c) Ron Forbes

Q12. Ron Forbes asked Evelyn to feel music through ______.
a) her ears
b) hearing aids
c) vibrations
d) lip reading
Answer: c) vibrations

Q13. Evelyn realized she could feel the higher drum from her ______.
a) fingers
b) waist up
c) feet
d) shoulders
Answer: b) waist up

Q14. She felt the lower drum from her ______.
a) head
b) chest
c) waist down
d) hands
Answer: c) waist down

Q15. At what age did Evelyn decide to make music her life?
a) 14
b) 15
c) 16
d) 18
Answer: c) 16

Q16. How did Evelyn perform in her audition at the Royal Academy of Music?
a) She barely passed
b) She failed
c) She scored one of the highest marks
d) She withdrew
Answer: c) She scored one of the highest marks

Q17. Gradually, Evelyn moved from orchestral work to ______.
a) teaching
b) composing
c) solo performances
d) conducting
Answer: c) solo performances

Q18. Evelyn became famous as a master of ______.
a) string instruments
b) wind instruments
c) percussion instruments
d) keyboard instruments
Answer: c) percussion instruments

Q19. Evelyn does not consider herself a hero because she believes that ______.
a) she is lucky
b) hard work leads to success
c) music is easy
d) she had support
Answer: b) hard work leads to success

Q20. What quality best describes Evelyn’s attitude towards work?
a) Careless
b) Lazy
c) Workaholic
d) Indifferent
Answer: c) Workaholic

Q21. Assertion (A): Evelyn could speak clearly.
Reason (R): She could hear perfectly.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
Answer: c) A is true but R is false

Q22. Assertion (A): Evelyn learned French and mastered basic Japanese.
Reason (R): She believed she could hear well.
a) Both A and R are true
b) Both A and R are false
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
Answer: c) A is true but R is false

Q23. How does Evelyn say music enters her body?
a) Through her ears
b) Through her skin and body vibrations
c) Through hearing aids
d) Through lip reading
Answer: b) Through her skin and body vibrations

Q24. When playing the xylophone, she senses the sound through the ______.
a) stick into her fingertips
b) air around her
c) hearing machine
d) audience reaction
Answer: a) stick into her fingertips

Q25. Why does Evelyn remove her shoes while playing on a wooden platform?
a) For comfort
b) For style
c) To feel vibrations through her feet
d) To move freely
Answer: c) To feel vibrations through her feet

Q26. Who presented Evelyn with the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Prestigious Soloist of the Year Award in 1991?
a) Ron Forbes
b) The Royal Academy
c) James Blades
d) Her headmistress
Answer: c) James Blades

Q27. According to James Blades, what did God give Evelyn in place of her hearing?
a) Fame
b) Wealth
c) Extraordinary ability to feel music deeply
d) Supporters
Answer: c) Extraordinary ability to feel music deeply

Q28. Evelyn gives free concerts in ______.
a) schools and colleges
b) prisons and hospitals
c) villages
d) theatres
Answer: b) prisons and hospitals

Q29. Which institution named her as an inspiration for deaf children?
a) Royal Academy of Music
b) Scottish Music School
c) Beethoven Fund for Deaf Children
d) Royal Philharmonic Society
Answer: c) Beethoven Fund for Deaf Children

Q30. Evelyn believes the secret of success is ______.
a) talent alone
b) luck
c) hard work
d) connections
Answer: c) hard work

Q31. Assertion (A): Evelyn toured the United Kingdom with a youth orchestra.
Reason (R): She wanted to become famous quickly.
a) Both A and R are true
b) Both A and R are false
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
Answer: c) A is true but R is false

Q32. Assertion (A): Evelyn’s marks deteriorated in school.
Reason (R): Her deafness increased over time.
a) Both A and R are true and R explains A
b) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R explains A

Q33. What did Evelyn’s headmistress advise her parents to do?
a) Remove her from school
b) Send her abroad
c) Take her to a specialist
d) Make her stop music
Answer: c) Take her to a specialist

Q34. How does Evelyn understand conversations?
a) By hearing aids
b) By watching lips only
c) By reading the whole face, especially the eyes
d) By asking repeatedly
Answer: c) By reading the whole face, especially the eyes

Q35. Which word best describes Evelyn’s personality?
a) Weak
b) Determined
c) Arrogant
d) Careless
Answer: b) Determined

Q36. Evelyn says music “pours in” through ______.
a) her ears
b) her fingers only
c) every part of her body
d) her mind only
Answer: c) every part of her body

Q37. The word ‘tingles’ in the chapter means ______.
a) burns
b) causes a slight pricking sensation
c) hurts badly
d) becomes numb
Answer: b) causes a slight pricking sensation

Q38. What does the word ‘resonances’ mean in the chapter?
a) Loud noises
b) Musical beats
c) Echoes of sounds
d) Instruments
Answer: c) Echoes of sounds

Q39. Evelyn removed her shoes so that vibrations could pass through her ______.
a) hands
b) legs
c) bare feet and up her legs
d) shoulders
Answer: c) bare feet and up her legs

Q40. Assertion (A): Evelyn never missed a word in discussions.
Reason (R): She could hear everything clearly.
a) Both A and R are true
b) A is true but R is false
c) A is false but R is true
d) Both A and R are false
Answer: b) A is true but R is false

Q41. Evelyn’s loss of hearing made her feel ______ initially.
a) confident
b) hopeless
c) shocked
d) unaware
Answer: c) shocked

Q42. What challenge did Evelyn face at the Royal Academy?
a) Financial problems
b) Language barrier
c) Being profoundly deaf
d) Lack of support
Answer: c) Being profoundly deaf

Q43. What role did Ron Forbes play in Evelyn’s life?
a) He discouraged her
b) He discovered her talent and guided her
c) He awarded her
d) He treated her illness
Answer: b) He discovered her talent and guided her

Q44. Why is it intriguing to watch Evelyn perform?
a) She performs slowly
b) She performs angrily
c) She performs effortlessly without hearing
d) She uses technology
Answer: c) She performs effortlessly without hearing

Q45. Evelyn’s speech is clear because ______.
a) she practices daily
b) she can hear till she was eleven
c) she could hear till she was eleven
d) she uses a machine
Answer: c) she could hear till she was eleven

Q46. Assertion (A): Evelyn believes she is extraordinary.
Reason (R): She refuses to accept any hint of heroic achievement.
a) Both A and R are true
b) A is true but R is false
c) A is false but R is true
d) Both A and R are false
Answer: c) A is false but R is true

Q47. Evelyn has given inspiration especially to ______.
a) musicians
b) teachers
c) handicapped people
d) doctors
Answer: c) handicapped people

Q48. The main theme of the chapter is ______.
a) Importance of awards
b) Power of determination and hard work
c) Difficulties of music
d) Life in Scotland
Answer: b) Power of determination and hard work

Q49. Evelyn proved that deafness is ______.
a) a curse always
b) the end of career
c) not a barrier to success
d) impossible to overcome
Answer: c) not a barrier to success

Q50. The chapter ends by highlighting that Evelyn has given ______ to millions.
a) advice
b) money
c) enormous pleasure
d) training
Answer: c) enormous pleasure