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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kept Helen from being lonely at Cambridge?
(a) Girls learned to fingerspell.
(b) Her friends from Philadelphia visited often.
(c) She was able to get outside frequently.
(d) Mildred stayed to study there as well.

4. What did Helen name her canary?
(a) Winnie-the-Pooh.
(b) Baby.
(c) Little Tim.
(d) Little Annie.

5. Learning these finger spellings could be said to be what for Helen?
(a) A simple pattern of effort.
(b) A period of great learning.
(c) The end to a long road.
(d) A bridge to the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area did Helen have a lot of catching up to do?

2. How did Helen and Anne spend he rest of the day after Helen made the connection between the finger spelling and objects?

3. After the storm, what was it a long time before Helen did again?

4. What did Anne do to help Helen get over her writer's block?

5. Which of the following is not true about Helen?

(see the answer key)

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