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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 need to learn how to recognize and communicate?
(a) Abstractions.
(b) Concrete things.
(c) Natural events.
(d) Actions.

2. At whose home did Helen and Anne stay?
(a) Ms. Keller's.
(b) Mrs. Sullivan's.
(c) Mr. Bell's.
(d) Mrs. Perkins's.

3. Why did Helen's family tend to let her have her own way whenever possible?
(a) Because she couldn't see or hear.
(b) Because they didn't know what else to do.
(c) Because of her rages.
(d) Because she was the youngest child.

4. After the storm, what was it a long time before Helen did again?
(a) Went outside.
(b) Felt a storm.
(c) Ate with her teacher.
(d) Climbed a tree.

5. Where did most of Helen's lessons come from during the summer?
(a) Family.
(b) House.
(c) Nature.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first book Helen read from?

2. In what way was Helen gifted from the beginning of her life?

3. Which of the following best describes Helen's sense when she first makes the connection that the spellings are the names of things?

4. In what year was Helen born?

5. Why did Sullivan take Helen outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened as a result of Helen's inability to express herself?

2. How did Helen feel about other writers?

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

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

5. What were some of the activities that Martha and Helen would do together?

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

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

8. How did Helen take her preliminary exams to enter Radcliffe College?

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

10. After the fever what memories about sight and sound did Helen have left?

(see the answer keys)

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