The Eyes Have It

A. Answer these questions. 

Q 1.What instructions did the girl's parents give her and why? Ans:-The girl's parents seemed very anxious about her comfort and the woman gave the girl detailed instructions as to where to keep her things, when not to windows and how to avoid speaking to strangers. 

Q 2.How did the narrator learnt that his companion wore slippers? 

Ans:-The speaker knew she wore slippers from the way they slapped agaii her heels. 

Q. 3.'Yes, October is the best time.' Describe Mussoorie in the month of October.

 Ans:-In October 'the hills in mussoorie are covered with wild dahlias, the sun is delicious,and at night you can sit in frony of a log fire and drink coffee.Most of the tourists have gone and the roads are quiet and almost deserted. 

Q. 4.How did the narrator feel as the train approached the Saharanpur Station? 

Ans:-As the train approached Saharanpur Station,the speaker started feeling sad and lonely. 

Q. 5.Give instances to show that the narrator was a sharp observer. 

Ans:-The speaker was a sharp observer.He knew she wore slippers from the way they slapped against her heels.He compliments the girl for having an interesting face.On hearing a high-pitched female voice near the carriage door,the speaker assumed that it must have belonged to girl's aunt.

 B. Answer these questions with reference to the context.

 1. Then I made a mistake. 

a. Who made a mistake? 

Ans:-The speaker made a mistake. 

b. What was the mistake?

 Ans:-The speaker asked the blind girl, unknowingly,what was it like outside the train. 

c. Why did the narrator call it a mistake? 

Ans:-The speako called it a mistake because at that time he didn't know that the girl was blind like him. 

 2. She was an interesting girl...Can you tell me- did she keep her hair long or short ? 

 a.Who did the speaker ask this question to? 

Ans:-The speaker asked this question to the passenger who boanded the train after the girl had left. 

 b.Why did the speaker ask this question ? 

Ans:-The speaker asked this question because he found the perfume from her hair tantalising.

 c.What happened immediately after this? How is that the most important part of the story? 

Ans:-Immediately after this , the passenger tells him that the girl was blind.This is the most important part of the story because it presents the situational irony.Both the speaker and the girl were talking to each other without knowing that both of them were blind. 

C. Think and answer. 

 1. Well,it often happens that people with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them.Do you agree with the above statement? Give reasons for your answer.

 Ans:-Yes,, I agree that people with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them.Cunningness,deceit, guile and craftiness are after disguised and people who are sighted can't see these.

 2. If you weren't told about the impaired vision of the narrator and the girl, would you have been able to figure out the disorder they had ? How? Some blind people have achieved remarkable success in their lives.They rose above their obstacle and became self-sufficiy.Find out about one such person and share her or his story with the class. 

Ans:-No,I would not have been able to tell that the speaker and the girl were visually impaired.Helen keller was one such person , who rose above her obstacle and became self-sufficient.She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Art degree.