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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can one tell that Helen enjoyed spelling out sentences with Anne?
(a) She wanted to show all of her family.
(b) She did it even without Anne.
(c) She would smile while doing it.
(d) She would do it for hours.

2. How did Helen's family become acquainted with the Perkins Institute?
(a) Through Anne Sullivan.
(b) Through Dr. Bell.
(c) Through Helen's mother's reading.
(d) Through the eye doctor in Baltimore.

3. Where was the Perkins Institute located?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

4. In what month did Anne Sullivan arrive at Ivy Green to work with Helen?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) March.
(d) April.

5. What was Helen's favorite Christmas present?
(a) A canary.
(b) A new book.
(c) A cat.
(d) A brand new doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sullivan trying to teach Helen the difference between when Helen became extremely frustrated?

2. Where is Fern Quarry located?

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

4. Why didn't Helen have any fits of temper while she was with her parents on the trip to see the eye doctor?

5. Where did most of Helen's reading and studying take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Helen began reading her first book, how did she start out?

2. What position did Helen hold in the family and how was she treated?

3. How did Helen begin to learn how to read?

4. How did Helen feel about many of her professors' methods for teaching the great works of literature?

5. At age nine, what did Helen experience for the first time?

6. What disappointed Helen about her time at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf?

7. In what way did Helen consider herself lucky in regards to nature?

8. How did Helen feel about other writers?

9. What caused Helen great pain at first at the Perkins Institute and then what changed her mind?

10. What happened to Helen's canary?

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