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The Story of My Life Quiz

Helen Keller
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The Story of My Life Quiz

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1)

What abstract term did it take a very long time for Helen to understand? (from Chapter 6)

Concentrate.
Solve.
Think.
Love.
2)

What outrages Helen as she visits the poor? (from Chapter 22)

The effort they put forth.
The conditions that they live in.
The opportunities they have.
The locations of their homes.
3)

What did Helen begin to learn as soon as she could fingerspell some words? (from Chapter 7)

To read.
To start conversations.
To communicate with others.
To use manners.
4)

What was Helen doing when Anne tapped her forehead and spelled think? (from Chapter 6)

Playing with her dolls.
Wasting time.
Sitting on her mother's lap.
Concentrating.
5)

How did Helen get interested in learning about dinosaurs? (from Chapter 7)

A conversation with Martha about them.
A story that Anne read to her.
A man sending her fossils.
A bone she found in the field.
6)

What did Helen ask Anne about the ocean? (from Chapter 10)

How big is it?
Who put salt in the water?
What animals live in it?
Why is it so strong?
7)

How do the conflicts of the world seem to Helen when she is outdoors? (from Chapter 22)

Real.
Burdensome.
Oppressive.
Temporary.
8)

What group are the only people that Helen has some unkind words for? (from Chapter 23)

Teachers who over analyze.
Those who do not help the poor.
Newspaper reporters.
Religious figures who do not include those with differences.
9)

What causes Helen's feelings of pain for the other students to pass quickly? (from Chapter 9)

She is moved on to another location.
She learns about some additional students.
They tell her not to be upset.
She sees them as happy and contented.
10)

How did Helen first begin to show she could read the words presented to her by Anne? (from Chapter 7)

She would give the appropriate card to Anne.
She would fingerspell the object Anne gave her.
She would attach the correct word to the object.
She would go and find the object on the card.
11)

Why might it not be surprising that Helen learned to like studying Latin? (from Chapter 16)

She always achieved her goals.
She had Anne to ensure her success.
She enjoyed learning greatly.
She had a gift for various languages.
12)

Where is Fern Quarry located? (from Chapter 11)

Mountains.
Lake.
River.
Prairre.
13)

Where did Anne and Helen often take walks? (from Chapter 7)

Into the town.
By the Tennessee river.
To the fields with the animals.
Far into the meadow.
14)

Why were the algebra and geometry sections of Helen's final exams difficult for Helen? (from Chapter 19)

They had used a different type of Braille than what she had been taught.
Anne was not able to clarify or translate for her.
They were not translated into Braille at all.
They were subjects she always had difficulty with.
15)

How did Anne speak to Helen constantly? (from Chapter 6)

With tools and her own creations.
With dolls and other manipulatives.
Using Helen's made up signs.
Using the manual alphabet.
16)

What was Helen given permission to do at the World's Fair? (from Chapter 15)

Touch the exhibits.
Go places women were not allowed with Dr. Bell.
Enter areas reserved for dignitaries.
Visit things others could not visit.
17)

What did Mr. Gilman want Anne and Helen to do? (from Chapter 19)

Stay at his school more than two years.
Work harder in her subjects.
Leave his school.
Hire additional tutors.
18)

How many sessions did Helen have to learn the elements of speech? (from Chapter 13)

28.
5.
11.
30.
19)

How did Helen feel about the Bible when she was a child? (from Chapter 21)

The brutality is too much for her.
It bored her.
She loves the good she finds in it.
It was too simple for her.
20)

What does Helen want to acknowledge in this final chapter of her book? (from Chapter 23)

People that she has met in her life.
People that helped make her life happy.
People that were unkind to her.
People that do not understand her.
21)

What did Helen indicate she did not know about Pilgrims at the time? (from Chapter 9)

That they did not land every where.
That they came from another country.
That they traveled for religious freedom.
That they persecuted others.
22)

How did Helen respond to the controversy? (from Chapter 14)

She did not remember and did not do it on purpose.
She stands behind the story being her own.
She apologized and promised never to do it again.
She had never heard that story before.
23)

Where did Helen and her family travel for their vacation? (from Chapter 11)

Mobile.
Baltimore.
Fern Quarry.
Boston.
24)

What was the one exhibit that Helen could not explore? (from Chapter 15)

Greek paintings.
Roman statues.
Egyptian mummies.
Animals.
25)

Which of the following is an example of a word game that Anne invented and played with Helen? (from Chapter 6)

Where's your nose?
What time is it?
How high is that?
When did that happen?
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