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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area did Helen have a lot of catching up to do?
(a) Language.
(b) Reading.
(c) Learning.
(d) Math.

2. What did Helen need to learn about the spellings Annie was completing in her hand?
(a) That it was one object.
(b) That the letters all went together.
(c) That she had to pay attention to Annie.
(d) That they were the names of things.

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

4. What was the first book Helen read from?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Reader for Beginners.
(c) Beginning Readers.
(d) The Bible.

5. Learning these finger spellings could be said to be what for Helen?
(a) A period of great learning.
(b) The end to a long road.
(c) A bridge to the world.
(d) A simple pattern of effort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What biblical feature does Helen equate Anne Sullivan with?

2. What does Helen indicate she felt after he tantrums passed?

3. What did Helen do to Mildred when she was in a rage?

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

5. What did Helen begin to learn as soon as she could fingerspell some words?

(see the answer key)

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