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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What made math more difficult for Helen?
(a) She refused to put forth the effort as she did not enjoy the subject.
(b) Anne was not allowed to translate in the math classes.
(c) The books were not ready for her.
(d) She did not understand math.

10. Which of the people at Cambridge learned to fingerspell?
(a) Latin and Math teacher.
(b) English and math teacher.
(c) German and English teacher.
(d) Principal and German teacher.

11. What is Helen's favorite pastime when she is not reading?
(a) Sailing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Riding bikes.
(d) Walking.

12. Who was Ragnhild Kaata?
(a) A deaf girl who learned to talk.
(b) A teacher who could help her learn to talk.
(c) Principal of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf.
(d) A deaf and blind girl who learned to talk.

13. What was Helen's favorite sport?
(a) Tobogganing.
(b) Ice Skating.
(c) Sledding.
(d) Skiing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen love to immerse herself in?

2. What subjects did Helen take to prepare her for college?

3. What subject did Mr. Gilman, the principal, take over instructing Helen in?

4. What types of books did Helen dislike reading?

5. How did Helen feel about the Bible when she was a child?

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