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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were the algebra and geometry sections of Helen's final exams difficult for Helen?
(a) They had used a different type of Braille than what she had been taught.
(b) They were subjects she always had difficulty with.
(c) They were not translated into Braille at all.
(d) Anne was not able to clarify or translate for her.

3. What lead to a sort of awakening for Helen?
(a) Her visits to the poor.
(b) Her visits with young children.
(c) Her isolated walks.
(d) Her visits with actors and actresses.

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

5. Who is Sarah Fuller?
(a) A teacher who could help her learn to talk.
(b) A deaf girl who learned to talk.
(c) Principal of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf.
(d) A deaf and blind girl who learned to talk.

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

7. What does Helen enjoy at museums and art stores?
(a) Feeling the sculptures.
(b) Touching the paintings.
(c) The atmosphere.
(d) Other people's descriptions.

8. What does Helen indicate is the only thing that great poetry needs for interpretation?
(a) A responsive heart.
(b) Odorous analysis.
(c) Laborious comments.
(d) Impositions of the reader.

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

10. What did Helen's patrons in London and Philadelphia work to have done for Helen?
(a) Another interpreter besides Anne.
(b) Girls her own age who learned fingerspelling.
(c) Textbooks embossed in raised print.
(d) Exams translated.

11. Which of the following subjects was not one Helen studied during her time in New York?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Geography.
(d) German.

12. How did Helen learn to talk?
(a) She made noises and the teacher corrected her mouth and tongue positions with her hands.
(b) She held her hand on Fuller's throat and felt the vibrations.
(c) She felt the positions of Fuller's tongue and lips as she made sounds.
(d) She read the words while the teacher fingerspelled how to make the words.

13. 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 was too simple for her.
(d) It bored her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Helen indicate one should take their education?

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

3. How did Helen feel about cold winters?

4. When Helen took the exams to enter Radcliffe College what subjects did she earn honors in?

5. What was Helen's favorite sport?

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