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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 is the name of the aunt?

2. The Kellers are amazed when Helen learns to use what item?

3. Which affliction is not related to Helen?

4. Helen has a history of exhibiting what characteristic?

5. What is supposedly wrong with the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Captain Keller attribute Helen's behavior to at the table?

2. Why does Annie insist that Helen refill the water pitcher instead of allowing the servants to do it?

3. What might have happened to Helen if Annie had not taken the job?

4. Why do you think the focus in the beginning comes from Helen as she stares out of her crib?

5. How do you think Annie's letters affected the set(s)?

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

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

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

9. Why is a great deal of the focus placed on Helen's face?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Annie's journey from Boston to Alabama was used as a metaphor to describe what action and emotion? What was the Keller carriage used to represent in regards to Annie? How did the carriage represent James? How did it represent the Kellers?

Essay Topic 2

After the incident at the water pump, a new bond forms between Annie and Helen. How does Helen react when Annie touches her face? Why? Does this move create a rift in the student/teacher relationship? How does Annie handle the next steps with Helen and the Kellers?

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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