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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might it not be surprising that Helen learned to like studying Latin?
(a) She always achieved her goals.
(b) She had a gift for various languages.
(c) She enjoyed learning greatly.
(d) She had Anne to ensure her success.

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

3. How did Helen feel about the Bible when she was a child?
(a) She loves the good she finds in it.
(b) The brutality is too much for her.
(c) It bored her.
(d) It was too simple for her.

4. At what age did Helen begin her formal schooling?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

5. In what year did Helen finally enter Radcliffe?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1905.

6. How old was Helen when she experienced snow for the first time?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 8.

7. How many sessions did Helen have to learn the elements of speech?
(a) 28.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.

8. Why doesn't Helen take notes during classes?
(a) She cannot write.
(b) Her hands are busy listening.
(c) Her teacher's do not allow it.
(d) She doesn't have a Braille typewriter.

9. How did Helen feel about cold winters?
(a) She enjoyed them.
(b) She disliked them.
(c) She tolerated them.
(d) She despised them.

10. Who did Helen go to the World's Fair with?
(a) Anne and Mildred.
(b) Dr. Bell and Sarah Fuller.
(c) Anne and Dr. Bell.
(d) Her mother and father.

11. Which professor does Helen praise for not obscuring the great works?
(a) English literature professor.
(b) Latin professor.
(c) German professor.
(d) Shakespeare professor.

12. What started the conflict between Mr. Gilman and Miss Sullivan?
(a) He felt Helen was working to hard.
(b) He felt Anne was giving Helen answers.
(c) He felt Helen was mistreating Anne.
(d) He felt Anne was not supporting Helen enough.

13. What motivated Helen to want to speak clearly and articulately?
(a) So that she could give speeches.
(b) So that she could learn more information faster.
(c) So that she could communicate with those that could not fingerspell.
(d) So Mildred could understand her.

14. Which of the following terms best describes how Helen attacked learning Latin?
(a) Systematically.
(b) Intensely.
(c) With hesitation.
(d) Randomly.

15. Which of the following subjects was not one described by Helen as one she had an interest in?
(a) Geography.
(b) History.
(c) German
(d) French literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the people at Cambridge learned to fingerspell?

2. What kept Helen from being lonely at Cambridge?

3. What was Helen given permission to do at the World's Fair?

4. Which subject did Helen never learn to like or excel at?

5. What characters does Helen have empathy for in great literature?

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