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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 do when she leaves Annie's room?
(a) Locks the door
(b) Kicks the dog
(c) Screams
(d) Breaks a lamp

2. Which character is often in the foreground while others go about their actions in the periphery?
(a) Helen
(b) Kate
(c) Belle
(d) Annie

3. Where does the meeting of Anne and Helen take place?
(a) Kitchen
(b) Train depot
(c) Crib
(d) Porch

4. What prop is most commonly seen in the yard?
(a) Bird bath
(b) Apple tree
(c) Rocking chair
(d) Water pump

5. Keller tells a story of Kate being trapped in what room?
(a) Pantry
(b) Bedroom
(c) Bathroom
(d) Barn

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Keller referred?

2. What prop is often used as a metaphor for emotional separation of the characters?

3. What is supposedly wrong with the baby?

4. What is the present from the Blind Girls?

5. How old is the chosen helper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Annie and Helen spend a long time in the dining room in a battle of wills. What does Annie manage to teach Helen?

2. Who recommends the oculist to Captain Keller? What is Keller's reaction to the suggestion that the doctor be contacted?

3. What is the incident between Helen and Martha on the porch? How could the incident have been prevented?

4. How do the Kellers realize that Helen is blind and deaf?

5. In the scene in the garden with Captain Keller, Helen is the focus while there is a lot of action in the background. What is the purpose of this arrangement?

6. What might have happened to Helen if Annie had not taken the job?

7. Why does James feel ashamed at seeing the activity in the garden house?

8. Why does Annie insist that Helen refill the water pitcher instead of allowing the servants to do it?

9. Annie tells Kate that blindness and deafness are not Helen's worst handicaps. What are the real handicaps?

10. What was James' purpose in choosing that particular Bible verse for grace? Why did Aunt Ev object?

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