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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did it take Helen a long time to be able to do?
(a) Participate in conversations.
(b) Initiate conversation.
(c) Understand language.
(d) Think critically.

2. What did Helen name her canary?
(a) Little Tim.
(b) Baby.
(c) Winnie-the-Pooh.
(d) Little Annie.

3. In what year was Helen born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1880.

4. What did Helen need to learn how to recognize and communicate?
(a) Natural events.
(b) Actions.
(c) Abstractions.
(d) Concrete things.

5. What was the first book Helen read from?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Reader for Beginners.
(c) Beginning Readers.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who best understood Helen's first limited sign language?

2. What did Helen break when she was raging in trying to learn the difference between mug and water?

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

4. What biblical feature does Helen equate Anne Sullivan with?

5. Which of the following is an example of a word game that Anne invented and played with Helen?

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