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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. Which genre best describes this novel?
(a) Biography.
(b) Autobiography.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Historical fiction.

2. What did Anne use the manual alphabet to help Helen learn?
(a) Body language of the people who were around her.
(b) Inflections and suggestions she could not see.
(c) The words and figures of speech people used in speaking to each other.
(d) Appropriate tense and language cues for English language.

3. Where did Helen visit in May of 1888?
(a) Her aunt in Mobile, Alabama.
(b) The eye doctor in Baltimore.
(c) Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
(d) Perkins Institute

4. What took Helen's sight and hearing?
(a) Animal.
(b) Accident.
(c) Seizure.
(d) Fever.

5. How old was Helen when she became blind and deaf?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Helen allowed to do for the first time with the Tuscumbia school children?

2. What does Helen indicate Sullivan's arrival freed her from?

3. What did Helen learn to fear?

4. What character does Helen indicate she was very jealous of?

5. How can one tell that Helen enjoyed spelling out sentences with Anne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the things Helen enjoyed doing outside when she wasn't reading?

2. What bothered Helen and her new doll and what did she do about it?

3. How did Helen feel about other writers?

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

5. How did Helen begin to learn how to read?

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

7. How did Helen feel about her Latin lessons?

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

9. Why did Helen become restless and frustrated?

10. What was a first for Helen when she attended Cambridge School for Young Ladies?

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