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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. Why was Helen's small vocabulary of signs not enough?
(a) She grew and so did her need to express herself.
(b) She could not use them fast enough.
(c) Many people thought they were inappropriate.
(d) Enough people did not understand them.

2. In what way did Helen show a normal child's natural fascination?
(a) She wanted to have her questions answered right away.
(b) She wanted to explore and learn about the miracles around her.
(c) She wanted to do things herself.
(d) She wanted to figure out things on her own without her teacher's help.

3. What was Mildred's suggestion to Helen and Mildred?
(a) They follow a path of stones to get home.
(b) They follow a small stream to get home.
(c) They follow a squirrel to get home.
(d) They follow a railroad trestle to get home.

4. What did Helen do to Mildred when she was in a rage?
(a) Hid Mildred in a closet.
(b) Tipped over Mildred's cradle.
(c) Pushed Mildred onto the floor.
(d) Pulled Mildred out of her mother's lap.

5. What did Helen need to learn about the spellings Annie was completing in her hand?
(a) That she had to pay attention to Annie.
(b) That they were the names of things.
(c) That it was one object.
(d) That the letters all went together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did most of Helen's reading and studying take place?

2. In what year did Anne Sullivan come to teach Helen?

3. What about Helen's temperament served her well to help her overcome obstacles?

4. What did Helen indicate she did not know about Pilgrims at the time?

5. What did Helen need to learn how to recognize and communicate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Helen feel about her Latin lessons?

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

8. What animal did Helen find on the beach and what did she do with it?

9. What happened during the rest of the summer as Helen's vocabulary grew?

10. What happened to Helen's canary?

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