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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Helen feel about Dr. Bell?
(a) She was afraid of him.
(b) She was angry when he tried to work with her.
(c) She was frustrated when she was with him.
(d) She loved him right away.

2. What did Helen begin to learn as soon as she could fingerspell some words?
(a) To communicate with others.
(b) To use manners.
(c) To read.
(d) To start conversations.

3. What was the first the first word Helen connected with the spelling?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Water.
(c) Mug.
(d) Pump.

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

5. How did Helen get interested in learning about dinosaurs?
(a) A story that Anne read to her.
(b) A conversation with Martha about them.
(c) A man sending her fossils.
(d) A bone she found in the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did daily immersion in language allow Helen to do?

2. How did Anne speak to Helen constantly?

3. How did Helen's family become acquainted with the Perkins Institute?

4. What did Helen consider to be one of her favorite childhood pastimes?

5. Why was Helen's small vocabulary of signs not enough?

(see the answer key)

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