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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else in Helen's family seemed to be verbally gifted?
(a) Her half-brothers.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

2. In what month did Anne Sullivan arrive at Ivy Green to work with Helen?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) April.

3. What was Helen doing when Anne tapped her forehead and spelled think?
(a) Wasting time.
(b) Playing with her dolls.
(c) Concentrating.
(d) Sitting on her mother's lap.

4. Why weren't many people near where Helen lived aware of resources for the blind and deaf?
(a) No such schools existed within the state at this time.
(b) Those who were blind and/or deaf were not premitted to attend schools.
(c) The town was so far away from any school for the blind and deaf.
(d) There were no others in the town who were blind or deaf.

5. What subject did Helen learn about on the walks she and Anne took?
(a) Geography.
(b) Social Studies.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Helen live in isolation?

2. What was the first the first word Helen connected with the spelling?

3. What did Helen need to learn how to recognize and communicate?

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

5. What was the first book Helen read from?

(see the answer key)

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