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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 prop is most commonly seen in the yard?
(a) Apple tree
(b) Rocking chair
(c) Water pump
(d) Bird bath

2. What item does Kate bring to Annie and Helen's place?
(a) Writing tablet
(b) VCR
(c) Dictionary
(d) Bird cage

3. What is the final set used in the play?
(a) Helen's bedroom
(b) Perkins Institute
(c) Garden House
(d) Church

4. What is the name of the dog?
(a) Gumpy
(b) Belle
(c) Travis
(d) Herman

5. What day is the last to be X-ed out on the calendar?
(a) Sunday
(b) Thursday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Monday

Short Answer Questions

1. The family decides to contact a doctor in what city?

2. What term is used to describe the Keller's living room?

3. What does Mr. Keller bring for Helen?

4. What word does James spell to tease Helen's teacher?

5. How many children appear on the set of the Keller porch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Helen's reaction to going to bed on the first night at the garden house? How does Annie deal with the situation?

2. How does the author describe Helen? Does Helen's physical appearance give any signs to her infirmities?

3. What is the purpose of letting Helen play with the beads and string?

4. Several scenes are focused on letters written to various characters. Early on, Keller writes to Dr. Chisholm, who refers Keller to Alexander Graham Bell. What is the purpose of showing the exchanging of letters?

5. What is the recommendation from Alexander Graham Bell to Captain Keller?

6. Annie tells Kate that blindness and deafness are not Helen's worst handicaps. What are the real handicaps?

7. The sets often include the presence of Belle, the family's setter. What is the purpose of including the dog?

8. Why is Annie hesitant to take her first paycheck from Captain Keller?

9. Martha gives scissors to Helen as the children cut out paper dolls on the porch. Why would Martha do that and what is Helen's reaction?

10. What is the purpose of dividing the stage into quadrants?

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