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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Helen finally enter Radcliffe?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1900.

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

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

5. Which professor does Helen praise for not obscuring the great works?
(a) German professor.
(b) Latin professor.
(c) Shakespeare professor.
(d) English literature professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Helen's sense when she first makes the connection that the spellings are the names of things?

2. Why did Helen and Anne decide she should attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf?

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

4. Where is Fern Quarry located?

5. Where did most of Helen's reading and studying take place?

(see the answer key)

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