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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Helen doing when Anne tapped her forehead and spelled think?
(a) Playing with her dolls.
(b) Sitting on her mother's lap.
(c) Wasting time.
(d) Concentrating.

4. Which of the following is an example of a word game that Anne invented and played with Helen?
(a) What time is it?
(b) How high is that?
(c) Where's your nose?
(d) When did that happen?

5. What was the first the first word Helen connected with the spelling?
(a) Mug.
(b) Water.
(c) Pump.
(d) Teacher.

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

7. What did Helen learn to fear?
(a) Being alone with no one to help her communicate.
(b) Her half-brothers.
(c) The power of nature.
(d) Her teacher.

8. What biblical feature does Helen equate Anne Sullivan with?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Job.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Moses.

9. What game did Helen think reading was like?
(a) Concentration.
(b) Hide-and-seek.
(c) Crossword puzzles.
(d) Ring around the Rosey.

10. In what way did Helen show a normal child's natural fascination?
(a) She wanted to have her questions answered right away.
(b) She wanted to figure out things on her own without her teacher's help.
(c) She wanted to do things herself.
(d) She wanted to explore and learn about the miracles around her.

11. How old was Helen when she became blind and deaf?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

12. What was the first abstract term Helen learned to understand?
(a) Love.
(b) Concentrate.
(c) Think.
(d) Solve.

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

14. After the storm, what was it a long time before Helen did again?
(a) Ate with her teacher.
(b) Felt a storm.
(c) Climbed a tree.
(d) Went outside.

15. What does Helen indicate Sullivan's arrival freed her from?
(a) Bondage.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Silence.
(d) Frustration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Helen feel about Dr. Bell?

2. What was Anne sent to do with Helen?

3. What was Helen's favorite Christmas present?

4. Where did most of Helen's lessons come from during the summer?

5. How did Helen first begin to show she could read the words presented to her by Anne?

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