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

2. Where was Helen waiting for Anne when a storm suddenly arose?
(a) Next to the well.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In the house.
(d) By the pump.

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

4. 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) The words and figures of speech people used in speaking to each other.
(d) Appropriate tense and language cues for English language.

5. What was Anne sent to do with Helen?
(a) Watch her.
(b) Discipline her.
(c) Babysit her.
(d) Teach her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might nature seem to be more menacing to Helen?

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

3. In what way was Helen gifted from the beginning of her life?

4. What did Helen, Mildred and Anne do when the train approached?

5. What does Helen indicate she felt after he tantrums passed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Helen feel about Anne's attempts to teach her the manual alphabet?

2. How did Helen's friends react to her desire to learn to speak and why did they react this way?

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

4. How did Helen imitate her father?

5. What were two of the chores that Helen was able to do for her mother?

6. What happened to Helen's canary?

7. What is The Story of My Life and when was it written?

8. How did Helen feel about her Latin lessons?

9. How did Helen feel about other writers?

10. What did Anne Sullivan begin to do as soon as she arrived at Helen's home?

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