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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character does Helen indicate she was very jealous of?
(a) Her older half-brothers.
(b) Her baby sister.
(c) Martha.
(d) Her mother.

2. What does Helen indicate Sullivan's arrival freed her from?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Bondage.
(d) Silence.

3. How did Anne Sullivan believe that normal children learned language?
(a) Watching it happen before them.
(b) Being exposed to it constantly.
(c) Engaging in it at the time.
(d) Having it specifically taught to them.

4. Who best understood Helen's first limited sign language?
(a) Her mother.
(b) No one.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her nurse.

5. Why wasn't Mildred hurt?
(a) Mildred was able to defend herself.
(b) The cook pulled Helen away from Mildred.
(c) Her mother was there to catch her.
(d) Helen regretted her actions soon enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Anne sent to do with Helen?

2. Learning these finger spellings could be said to be what for Helen?

3. Why weren't many people near where Helen lived aware of resources for the blind and deaf?

4. In what area did Helen have a lot of catching up to do?

5. How did Helen first begin to show she could read the words presented to her by Anne?

(see the answer key)

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