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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first thing Sullivan begin to teach Helen?
(a) How to eat.
(b) Fingerspelling.
(c) Signing her name.
(d) Games.

2. Why did Sullivan take Helen outside?
(a) To remove her from an interfering family.
(b) To trying using objects from the outdoors.
(c) To change the scenery and mood.
(d) To cool Helen's temper and give herself a break.

3. How can one tell that Helen enjoyed spelling out sentences with Anne?
(a) She wanted to show all of her family.
(b) She did it even without Anne.
(c) She would smile while doing it.
(d) She would do it for hours.

4. Who did the eye doctor recommend that Helen's parents contact?
(a) Miss Anne Sullivan.
(b) Sarah Fuller.
(c) Ivy Green.
(d) Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.

5. What was the first abstract term Helen learned to understand?
(a) Think.
(b) Solve.
(c) Love.
(d) Concentrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who best understood Helen's first limited sign language?

2. What did Helen need to learn about the spellings Annie was completing in her hand?

3. What was Helen doing when her next big step came?

4. What does Helen indicate Sullivan's arrival freed her from?

5. How did Helen and Anne spend he rest of the day after Helen made the connection between the finger spelling and objects?

(see the answer key)

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