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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen acquaint beauty and music with?
(a) Goodness and love.
(b) Surprise and power.
(c) Unattainable things.
(d) Emotions and depth.

2. What was Helen given permission to do at the World's Fair?
(a) Visit things others could not visit.
(b) Enter areas reserved for dignitaries.
(c) Go places women were not allowed with Dr. Bell.
(d) Touch the exhibits.

3. What was the one exhibit that Helen could not explore?
(a) Egyptian mummies.
(b) Greek paintings.
(c) Roman statues.
(d) Animals.

4. What outrages Helen as she visits the poor?
(a) The effort they put forth.
(b) The locations of their homes.
(c) The conditions that they live in.
(d) The opportunities they have.

5. Why did Helen and Anne decide she should attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf?
(a) It was close to her home.
(b) It was the only school that would accept Helen.
(c) It was a school that would allow Anne to attend as her interpreter.
(d) It was best for continuing her speech and lip-reading skills.

6. What was the only part of New York City that Helen actually liked?
(a) The large amount of people.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The shopping.
(d) The monuments.

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

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

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

10. What did Helen want to learn in the spring of 1890?
(a) How to write.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to ride a horse.
(d) How to speak.

11. What year did Helen take the exams to enter Radcliffe College?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1902.

12. What kept Helen from being lonely at Cambridge?
(a) Girls learned to fingerspell.
(b) She was able to get outside frequently.
(c) Mildred stayed to study there as well.
(d) Her friends from Philadelphia visited often.

13. How does Helen indicate one should take their education?
(a) As they would take awalk in the country.
(b) As if it is something precious.
(c) As if there is nothing else of importance.
(d) As an door opening to the world around.

14. What characters does Helen have empathy for in great literature?
(a) The female characters.
(b) The heros.
(c) The villains.
(d) The victims.

15. How did Helen respond to the controversy?
(a) She apologized and promised never to do it again.
(b) She did not remember and did not do it on purpose.
(c) She had never heard that story before.
(d) She stands behind the story being her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Helen spend this season?

2. What does Helen indicate is the only thing that great poetry needs for interpretation?

3. What did Helen have to wait for before she could do her algebra, geometry and physics?

4. How old was Helen when she was able to fingerspell, read raised print, read Braille and speak English?

5. Which of the following subjects was not one Helen studied during her time in New York?

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