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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 name her canary?
(a) Little Annie.
(b) Baby.
(c) Little Tim.
(d) Winnie-the-Pooh.

2. In what year was Helen born?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1860.

3. What did Helen learn to fear?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) Being alone with no one to help her communicate.
(c) Her half-brothers.
(d) The power of nature.

4. Which of the following could be considered the theme of chapter five?
(a) Child's innocence.
(b) Mixed blessings.
(c) Hope.
(d) On-going learning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Helen visit in May of 1888?

2. Why wasn't Mildred hurt?

3. What astounded Helen when she woke up Christmas morning?

4. In what state was Helen born?

5. Why was Helen's small vocabulary of signs not enough?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Helen become restless and frustrated?

2. What were the big events that Helen was able to participate in during 1893?

3. When Helen's parents took her to Baltimore, how did Helen feel about the trip?

4. How did Helen feel about Anne's attempts to teach her the manual alphabet?

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

6. What allowed Helen to forget all of the controversy about her plagiarism?

7. At age nine, what did Helen experience for the first time?

8. What disappointed Helen about her time at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf?

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

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

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