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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Helen and Anne spend he rest of the day after Helen made the connection between the finger spelling and objects?
(a) Learning the names for people close to her and names of things in her surroundings.
(b) Playing and laughing together outside.
(c) Reviewing the manual alphabet.
(d) Turning on and off the pump and practicing spelling water.

2. Who else in Helen's family seemed to be verbally gifted?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her half-brothers.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

3. What did Anne use the manual alphabet to help Helen learn?
(a) Inflections and suggestions she could not see.
(b) Body language of the people who were around her.
(c) Appropriate tense and language cues for English language.
(d) The words and figures of speech people used in speaking to each other.

4. In what way was Helen becoming a danger to herself and others?
(a) She showed more jealousy against every single person she encountered.
(b) She refused to participate in family activities.
(c) Her energy level was waning and she was unable to sustain herself.
(d) Her need for stimulation exceeded her parent's ability to train her.

5. What did Helen begin to learn as soon as she could fingerspell some words?
(a) To start conversations.
(b) To communicate with others.
(c) To read.
(d) To use manners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did Helen not like?

2. Why did Helen's family tend to let her have her own way whenever possible?

3. How can one tell that Helen enjoyed spelling out sentences with Anne?

4. At what age did Helen say her first word?

5. How does Helen describe this Christmas?

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