Read "The Whispering Giant", School Journal, Part 3, No 2, 1985, and answer the following questions.

 

a)  How tall is the organ? ______________________________

 

b)  What transport was used to bring the organ parts to Wellington?

 

 

c)  What drives the turbines that blow the air through the organ?

 

 

d)  The first Wellington city organist nick-named the organ 'Brontosaurus' because it was ...

 

 

e)  What happened to the organ just before it was played in its first concert?

 

 

f)  What is the writer's most likely opinion of the organ?

 

 

g)  What word(s) indicate that the audience enjoyed the first recital?

 

 

h)  What one word could be used instead of 'at the tops of their voices', without changing the meaning?