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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What method did Anne use in teaching Helen?
(a) The same as that her siblings followed.
(b) Beginning with language.
(c) Following her interests.
(d) A prescribed curriculum.

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

4. What did Helen have to wait for before she could do her algebra, geometry and physics?
(a) Her mother to bring up materials.
(b) To buy a braillewriter.
(c) Anne to get better.
(d) To finish her other courses.

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

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

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

8. What did Mr. Gilman want Anne and Helen to do?
(a) Leave his school.
(b) Work harder in her subjects.
(c) Stay at his school more than two years.
(d) Hire additional tutors.

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

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

11. Which of the following people supported Helen through her traumatic event?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Margaret Canby.
(c) Mr. Anagnos.
(d) Dr. Bell.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Helen and Anne decide she should attend the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf?

2. What motivated Helen to want to speak clearly and articulately?

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

4. What about the American Falls at Niagara made a big impression on Helen?

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

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