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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What took Helen's sight and hearing?
(a) Fever.
(b) Seizure.
(c) Animal.
(d) Accident.

2. Which of the following literary terms did Anne use to help Helen with her learning about nature and life?
(a) Onomatopoeia
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Alliteration.

3. Who best understood Helen's first limited sign language?
(a) Her nurse.
(b) Her father.
(c) No one.
(d) Her mother.

4. How old was Helen when she wrote this novel?
(a) 38.
(b) 22.
(c) 18.
(d) 45.

5. What causes Helen's feelings of pain for the other students to pass quickly?
(a) They tell her not to be upset.
(b) She is moved on to another location.
(c) She sees them as happy and contented.
(d) She learns about some additional students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might it not be surprising that Helen learned to like studying Latin?

2. Helen's account of learning to make the connection between the spellings and objects is a snapshot of what?

3. What did Helen break when she was raging in trying to learn the difference between mug and water?

4. Which of the following could be considered the theme of chapter five?

5. Which of the following best describes Helen's first nineteen months of life?

(see the answer key)

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