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

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

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

4. What subject did Mr. Gilman, the principal, take over instructing Helen in?
(a) Math.
(b) German.
(c) Geography.
(d) English literature.

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Helen spend this season?
(a) Work.
(b) Home.
(c) North.
(d) South.

10. What about the American Falls at Niagara made a big impression on Helen?
(a) Their power.
(b) Their size.
(c) Their history.
(d) Their ability to spray water far.

11. What did Anne do to help Helen get over her writer's block?
(a) Had her write in a personal journal.
(b) Had her write a poem.
(c) Had her write a letter of apology
(d) Told her to write the story of her life.

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

13. Which subject did Helen never learn to like or excel at?
(a) German.
(b) Math.
(c) Geography.
(d) French.

14. Which of the following questions is not answered in chapter twelve?
(a) How old was Helen during this time period?
(b) What was Helen's favorite winter sport?
(c) Where Helen went during the winter?
(d) Why did Helen spend her winters in the north?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen enjoy at museums and art stores?

2. Why were the algebra and geometry sections of Helen's final exams difficult for Helen?

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

4. What did Helen's patrons in London and Philadelphia work to have done for Helen?

5. What was Helen's favorite sport?

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