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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What gives Helen fond memories of her time in New York?
(a) The progress she made with her speech skills.
(b) Her newly found lip-reading skills.
(c) Her love of languages and geography.
(d) That Anne was with her the whole time.

3. What took Helen's sight and hearing?
(a) Seizure.
(b) Fever.
(c) Accident.
(d) Animal.

4. What does Helen love to immerse herself in?
(a) Nature.
(b) Languages.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.

5. On what did Mr. Gilman base his assumptions?
(a) Helen's behavior.
(b) His personal observations.
(c) Reports from other teachers.
(d) Talking with Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What abstract term did it take a very long time for Helen to understand?

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

3. Why doesn't Helen take notes during classes?

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

5. What kept Helen from being lonely at Cambridge?

(see the answer key)

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