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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes Helen's relationship with Martha as they played together?
(a) Loving.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Sharing.
(d) Liberating.

3. How did Helen's family become acquainted with the Perkins Institute?
(a) Through Helen's mother's reading.
(b) Through Anne Sullivan.
(c) Through Dr. Bell.
(d) Through the eye doctor in Baltimore.

4. Why might nature seem to be more menacing to Helen?
(a) Because she did not have all of her senses.
(b) Because she was unable to communicate well.
(c) Because it was an ongoing paradox.
(d) Because she didn't understand its laws.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else in Helen's family seemed to be verbally gifted?

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

3. Which genre best describes this novel?

4. What caused Helen's tantrums to increase in severity?

5. Which of the following could be considered the theme of chapter five?

(see the answer key)

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