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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following literary terms did Anne use to help Helen with her learning about nature and life?
(a) Personification.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Onomatopoeia
(d) Metaphor.

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

3. How did Helen's family become acquainted with the Perkins Institute?
(a) Through the eye doctor in Baltimore.
(b) Through Helen's mother's reading.
(c) Through Dr. Bell.
(d) Through Anne Sullivan.

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

5. What did Helen, Mildred and Anne do when the train approached?
(a) Held on to the swaying trestles.
(b) Jumped into the stream.
(c) Waved at the engineer.
(d) Ran off of the railroad tracks.

6. Who best understood Helen's first limited sign language?
(a) Her nurse.
(b) No one.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

7. What did daily immersion in language allow Helen to do?
(a) Make cognitive leaps and function at a higher level.
(b) Become more of an active participant in the family.
(c) Participate in more conversations.
(d) Keep busy and away from throwing tantrums.

8. What was Helen's favorite Christmas present?
(a) A new book.
(b) A canary.
(c) A cat.
(d) A brand new doll.

9. Why weren't many people near where Helen lived aware of resources for the blind and deaf?
(a) There were no others in the town who were blind or deaf.
(b) Those who were blind and/or deaf were not premitted to attend schools.
(c) The town was so far away from any school for the blind and deaf.
(d) No such schools existed within the state at this time.

10. What biblical feature does Helen equate Anne Sullivan with?
(a) Moses.
(b) Job.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Jesus.

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

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

13. For how many years did Helen live in isolation?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

14. In what way did Helen show a normal child's natural fascination?
(a) She wanted to figure out things on her own without her teacher's help.
(b) She wanted to do things herself.
(c) She wanted to explore and learn about the miracles around her.
(d) She wanted to have her questions answered right away.

15. After the storm, what was it a long time before Helen did again?
(a) Climbed a tree.
(b) Felt a storm.
(c) Went outside.
(d) Ate with her teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Helen indicate Sullivan's arrival freed her from?

3. What was the first abstract term Helen learned to understand?

4. What was Anne sent to do with Helen?

5. Which genre best describes this novel?

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