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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Helen learn to talk?
(a) She held her hand on Fuller's throat and felt the vibrations.
(b) She felt the positions of Fuller's tongue and lips as she made sounds.
(c) She made noises and the teacher corrected her mouth and tongue positions with her hands.
(d) She read the words while the teacher fingerspelled how to make the words.

2. Where would Helen sit to be splashed by the waves?
(a) Where the waves broke in the water.
(b) On the sand.
(c) In a beach chair.
(d) On a large rock.

3. What subject did Helen learn about on the walks she and Anne took?
(a) Geography.
(b) Math.
(c) Science.
(d) Social Studies.

4. What was the first thing Sullivan begin to teach Helen?
(a) Games.
(b) Fingerspelling.
(c) How to eat.
(d) Signing her name.

5. Where was Helen waiting for Anne when a storm suddenly arose?
(a) In the house.
(b) Next to the well.
(c) In a tree.
(d) By the pump.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Helen indicate she did not know about Pilgrims at the time?

2. What did Helen want to learn in the spring of 1890?

3. In what state was Helen born?

4. Where did Helen and Anne vacation after leaving Boston?

5. What was the name of the original story?

(see the answer key)

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