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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sessions did Helen have to learn the elements of speech?
(a) 30.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 28.

2. How did Helen and Anne spend he rest of the day after Helen made the connection between the finger spelling and objects?
(a) Playing and laughing together outside.
(b) Reviewing the manual alphabet.
(c) Learning the names for people close to her and names of things in her surroundings.
(d) Turning on and off the pump and practicing spelling water.

3. Where was the Perkins Institute located?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Baltimore.

4. What did Helen break when she was raging in trying to learn the difference between mug and water?
(a) A new doll.
(b) Mildred's new cradle.
(c) The water pump.
(d) Sullivan's glasses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Anne Sullivan arrive at Ivy Green to work with Helen?

2. How old was Helen when she was able to fingerspell, read raised print, read Braille and speak English?

3. Why did Helen wait an additional year before she entered Radcliffe?

4. Why did Helen's family tend to let her have her own way whenever possible?

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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