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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Helen's learning feel like to her?
(a) Work.
(b) Being freed.
(c) Formal.
(d) Play.

2. How did Helen view nature?
(a) As a miracle.
(b) As a waste of her time.
(c) As something she cannot understand.
(d) As a constant lesson.

3. What did Helen, Mildred and Anne do when the train approached?
(a) Ran off of the railroad tracks.
(b) Waved at the engineer.
(c) Jumped into the stream.
(d) Held on to the swaying trestles.

4. How does Helen describe this Christmas?
(a) Her best Christmas.
(b) Her most exciting Christmas.
(c) Her first real Christmas.
(d) Her favorite Christmas.

5. What caused Helen's tantrums to increase in severity?
(a) She was out of the house more often.
(b) Her parents began to tell her no more regularly.
(c) Her desire to express herself grew.
(d) Her size and weight increased.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject was Helen able to learn about while on her trip?

2. Why didn't Helen have any fits of temper while she was with her parents on the trip to see the eye doctor?

3. What did Helen begin to learn as soon as she could fingerspell some words?

4. Which of the following best describes Helen's first nineteen months of life?

5. What was Anne sent to do with Helen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Helen, Mildred and Miss Sullivan as they tried to find their way home when they were lost in the woods?

2. What ashamed Helen about her math classes at Gilman's school?

3. What was the progression of Helen's learning?

4. What happened to Helen's approach to religion after Bishop Brooks died?

5. What had Helen accomplished by the time she was age thirteen?

6. What is The Story of My Life and when was it written?

7. How did Helen spend her days when she was with her family at Fern Quarry?

8. What position did Helen hold in the family and how was she treated?

9. What happened when Helen arrived at the Perkins Institute and how did that make her feel?

10. What was Helen doing when Anne taught her the concept of what it meant to think?

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