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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the people at Cambridge learned to fingerspell?
(a) Principal and German teacher.
(b) Latin and Math teacher.
(c) English and math teacher.
(d) German and English teacher.

2. Where would Helen sit to be splashed by the waves?
(a) In a beach chair.
(b) On the sand.
(c) Where the waves broke in the water.
(d) On a large rock.

3. How did Helen learn to talk?
(a) She felt the positions of Fuller's tongue and lips as she made sounds.
(b) She read the words while the teacher fingerspelled how to make the words.
(c) She made noises and the teacher corrected her mouth and tongue positions with her hands.
(d) She held her hand on Fuller's throat and felt the vibrations.

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

5. What did Anne use the manual alphabet to help Helen learn?
(a) Appropriate tense and language cues for English language.
(b) Body language of the people who were around her.
(c) Inflections and suggestions she could not see.
(d) The words and figures of speech people used in speaking to each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helen's account of learning to make the connection between the spellings and objects is a snapshot of what?

2. What was Helen given permission to do at the World's Fair?

3. What kept Helen from being lonely at Cambridge?

4. What game did Helen think reading was like?

5. In what state was Helen born?

(see the answer key)

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