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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What object is used to teach Helen to write?
2. Who is chosen to help Helen?
3. What object is a common item used on set?
4. What does Mr. Keller bring for Helen?
5. It is quickly learned that Helen does not have what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Annie tells Kate Keller that she has three advantages over Dr. Howe when it comes to teaching Helen. What are they?
2. According to Annie, what makes a person human?
3. The sets often include the presence of Belle, the family's setter. What is the purpose of including the dog?
4. Helen makes several attempts to get attention from each member of the family. What does she do to get attention and what are the results?
5. According to Annie the Perkins Institute helped her recover not only from blindness but from what other issue?
6. How do the Kellers realize that Helen is blind and deaf?
7. What is the significance of the sewing card? How does Helen show that she wants to do it on her own?
8. Why does Alexander Graham Bell refuse to help Helen?
9. Why is Annie hesitant to take her first paycheck from Captain Keller?
10. Annie and Helen spend a long time in the dining room in a battle of wills. What does Annie manage to teach Helen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The most exciting and telling scene in the teleplay is the one involving Annie and Helen at the pump. Explore this scene. What took place between Annie and Helen during those moments? What made it obvious that Helen had experienced a real breakthrough, not only in language but in the relationship with Annie? How did the scene affect the Kellers?
Essay Topic 2
Several times throughout the story, Annie separates Helen from Kate. Why? What kind of influence did Kate have on Helen? On Annie? Was Kate's influence more or less important or powerful that that of Captain Keller? What point did Annie prove by taking Helen to the garden house? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the teleplay, Annie, Kate and Helen go to the Perkins Institute. Why did they make the trip? What was the plan once the trio arrived? Was the plan carried out? How did Anagnos respond to Helen, Annie, and Kate? What was Helen's opinion of the school and the Blind Girls? Where would Helen go next?
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