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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kept Helen from being lonely at Cambridge?
(a) Girls learned to fingerspell.
(b) She was able to get outside frequently.
(c) Her friends from Philadelphia visited often.
(d) Mildred stayed to study there as well.

2. What did daily immersion in language allow Helen to do?
(a) Make cognitive leaps and function at a higher level.
(b) Become more of an active participant in the family.
(c) Participate in more conversations.
(d) Keep busy and away from throwing tantrums.

3. What was Helen doing when her next big step came?
(a) Taking a walk with Anne.
(b) Trying to solve a problem.
(c) Sitting in a tree.
(d) Going through the store.

4. Where did Helen spend this season?
(a) Home.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) Work.

5. What did Helen need to learn how to recognize and communicate?
(a) Natural events.
(b) Concrete things.
(c) Actions.
(d) Abstractions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did it take Helen a long time to be able to do?

2. When Helen took the exams to enter Radcliffe College what subjects did she earn honors in?

3. What year did Helen take the exams to enter Radcliffe College?

4. How did Helen feel about cold winters?

5. Which of the people at Cambridge learned to fingerspell?

(see the answer key)

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