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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Anne speak to Helen constantly?
(a) With tools and her own creations.
(b) Using Helen's made up signs.
(c) Using the manual alphabet.
(d) With dolls and other manipulatives.

2. What game did Helen think reading was like?
(a) Concentration.
(b) Crossword puzzles.
(c) Hide-and-seek.
(d) Ring around the Rosey.

3. Why was Helen's small vocabulary of signs not enough?
(a) She could not use them fast enough.
(b) Enough people did not understand them.
(c) She grew and so did her need to express herself.
(d) Many people thought they were inappropriate.

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

5. Where did Helen and her family travel for their vacation?
(a) Boston.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Fern Quarry.

6. Why did Helen's family tend to let her have her own way whenever possible?
(a) Because of her rages.
(b) Because they didn't know what else to do.
(c) Because she was the youngest child.
(d) Because she couldn't see or hear.

7. How did Helen and Anne spend he rest of the day after Helen made the connection between the finger spelling and objects?
(a) Turning on and off the pump and practicing spelling water.
(b) Reviewing the manual alphabet.
(c) Learning the names for people close to her and names of things in her surroundings.
(d) Playing and laughing together outside.

8. How did Helen spend the rest of her summer?
(a) Visiting doctors and schools.
(b) Playing and communicating with her family.
(c) Building her vocabulary.
(d) Traveling with Anne.

9. What caused Helen's tantrums to increase in severity?
(a) Her size and weight increased.
(b) She was out of the house more often.
(c) Her desire to express herself grew.
(d) Her parents began to tell her no more regularly.

10. Where did Helen's parents take her to see a famous eye doctor?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Atlanta.

11. Which genre best describes this novel?
(a) Autobiography.
(b) Biography.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Historical fiction.

12. What was Sullivan trying to teach Helen the difference between when Helen became extremely frustrated?
(a) Pump and flower.
(b) Doll and book.
(c) Knife and fork.
(d) Mug and water.

13. How does Helen describe this Christmas?
(a) Her best Christmas.
(b) Her first real Christmas.
(c) Her most exciting Christmas.
(d) Her favorite Christmas.

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

15. What about Helen's temperament served her well to help her overcome obstacles?
(a) Her instant anger.
(b) Her pleasing nature.
(c) Her persistence.
(d) Her self-absorbed nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might nature seem to be more menacing to Helen?

2. What did Helen's aunt make for her?

3. What season is it when Helen and her family travel for their vacation?

4. What causes Helen's feelings of pain for the other students to pass quickly?

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

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