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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season is it when Helen and her family travel for their vacation?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

2. Where was the Perkins Institute located?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

3. What did Helen consider to be one of her favorite childhood pastimes?
(a) Feeling storms.
(b) Eating outside.
(c) Working with Anne.
(d) Climbing trees.

4. In what month did Anne Sullivan arrive at Ivy Green to work with Helen?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) March.

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

6. In what way does Helen see herself as fortunate in terms of her family?
(a) Her parents had good connections and kept reading.
(b) Her mother gave up work to take care of Helen.
(c) Her father died in the war trying to protecte Helen.
(d) Her family did not abadon her when she became ill.

7. What did Helen learn to fear?
(a) Being alone with no one to help her communicate.
(b) Her half-brothers.
(c) The power of nature.
(d) Her teacher.

8. What did Helen break when she was raging in trying to learn the difference between mug and water?
(a) The water pump.
(b) A new doll.
(c) Mildred's new cradle.
(d) Sullivan's glasses.

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

10. What happened while Helen, Mildred and Anne were in the woods?
(a) They found a stream and played in it.
(b) They found some baby animals.
(c) They got lost.
(d) They watched/felt trains go by.

11. Which of the following is an example of a word game that Anne invented and played with Helen?
(a) How high is that?
(b) When did that happen?
(c) Where's your nose?
(d) What time is it?

12. Where did Helen visit in May of 1888?
(a) Her aunt in Mobile, Alabama.
(b) Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
(c) The eye doctor in Baltimore.
(d) Perkins Institute

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

14. How can one tell that Helen enjoyed spelling out sentences with Anne?
(a) She would smile while doing it.
(b) She would do it for hours.
(c) She wanted to show all of her family.
(d) She did it even without Anne.

15. At what age did Helen say her first word?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Helen's tantrums to increase in severity?

2. After the storm, what was it a long time before Helen did again?

3. How did Anne speak to Helen constantly?

4. Which of the following best describes Helen's sense when she first makes the connection that the spellings are the names of things?

5. Who did the eye doctor recommend that Helen's parents contact?

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