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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 does Helen indicate she felt after he tantrums passed?
(a) Something like regret.
(b) Something like release.
(c) Something like anger.
(d) Something like relief.

2. Which of the following best describes Helen's first nineteen months of life?
(a) Abnormal.
(b) Thriving.
(c) Troublesome.
(d) Spoiled.

3. What caused Helen to get scared while she was on vacation with Anne?
(a) A crab pinched her feet.
(b) She got lost and couldn't find Anne.
(c) She tripped over a rock and hurt herself.
(d) A wave pulled her under water.

4. Who did the eye doctor recommend that Helen's parents contact?
(a) Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
(b) Sarah Fuller.
(c) Ivy Green.
(d) Miss Anne Sullivan.

5. What was the first thing Sullivan begin to teach Helen?
(a) Fingerspelling.
(b) How to eat.
(c) Games.
(d) Signing her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Helen's family become acquainted with the Perkins Institute?

2. What subject did Helen learn about on the walks she and Anne took?

3. How did Helen spend the rest of her summer?

4. How did Helen and Anne spend he rest of the day after Helen made the connection between the finger spelling and objects?

5. For how many years did Helen live in isolation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Helen describe her feelings about her tree friends?

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

4. How did Helen feel about many of her professors' methods for teaching the great works of literature?

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

6. What happened to Helen's canary?

7. What happened as a result of the plagiarizing incident for Helen?

8. In her final chapter, who does Helen have unkind words for?

9. What were two of the chores that Helen was able to do for her mother?

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

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