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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Ragnhild Kaata?
(a) A teacher who could help her learn to talk.
(b) Principal of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf.
(c) A deaf and blind girl who learned to talk.
(d) A deaf girl who learned to talk.

2. At what age did Helen begin her formal schooling?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

3. How did Helen learn to talk?
(a) She read the words while the teacher fingerspelled how to make the words.
(b) She held her hand on Fuller's throat and felt the vibrations.
(c) She made noises and the teacher corrected her mouth and tongue positions with her hands.
(d) She felt the positions of Fuller's tongue and lips as she made sounds.

4. Which subject did Helen never learn to like or excel at?
(a) Geography.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Math.

5. What types of books did Helen dislike reading?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Poetry, particularly romantic poets.
(c) Greek mythology.
(d) Fables where animals are made to act or talk like people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following questions is not answered in chapter twelve?

2. When Helen took the exams to enter Radcliffe College what subjects did she earn honors in?

3. What year did Helen take the exams to enter Radcliffe College?

4. Which of the following people supported Helen through her traumatic event?

5. What outrages Helen as she visits the poor?

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