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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Helen need to learn about the spellings Annie was completing in her hand?
(a) That the letters all went together.
(b) That it was one object.
(c) That they were the names of things.
(d) That she had to pay attention to Annie.

2. How did Anne Sullivan believe that normal children learned language?
(a) Watching it happen before them.
(b) Being exposed to it constantly.
(c) Engaging in it at the time.
(d) Having it specifically taught to them.

3. What abstract term did it take a very long time for Helen to understand?
(a) Concentrate.
(b) Solve.
(c) Think.
(d) Love.

4. How did Helen get interested in learning about dinosaurs?
(a) A conversation with Martha about them.
(b) A story that Anne read to her.
(c) A bone she found in the field.
(d) A man sending her fossils.

5. What subject did Helen learn about on the walks she and Anne took?
(a) Math.
(b) Social Studies.
(c) Science.
(d) Geography.

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. How old was Helen when she wrote this novel?
(a) 38.
(b) 22.
(c) 18.
(d) 45.

11. What was the first thing Sullivan begin to teach Helen?
(a) Games.
(b) How to eat.
(c) Fingerspelling.
(d) Signing her name.

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

13. In what year was Helen born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1880.

14. Why did Sullivan take Helen outside?
(a) To remove her from an interfering family.
(b) To trying using objects from the outdoors.
(c) To cool Helen's temper and give herself a break.
(d) To change the scenery and mood.

15. Who cared for the canary?
(a) Helen.
(b) Martha.
(c) Helen's mother.
(d) Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Helen compare the trip she took to?

2. What did Helen do to Mildred when she was in a rage?

3. What did Helen need to learn how to recognize and communicate?

4. Where was the Perkins Institute located?

5. What biblical feature does Helen equate Anne Sullivan with?

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