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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What astounded Helen when she woke up Christmas morning?
(a) She has presents herself.
(b) She had a gift from Anne.
(c) She found presents everywhere.
(d) She was the first person awake.

2. Where would Helen sit to be splashed by the waves?
(a) Where the waves broke in the water.
(b) On the sand.
(c) On a large rock.
(d) In a beach chair.

3. What did Helen indicate she did not know about Pilgrims at the time?
(a) That they persecuted others.
(b) That they traveled for religious freedom.
(c) That they did not land every where.
(d) That they came from another country.

4. Who else in Helen's family seemed to be verbally gifted?
(a) Her half-brothers.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

5. At what age did Helen say her first word?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 12 months.

6. What did Helen's learning feel like to her?
(a) Formal.
(b) Play.
(c) Being freed.
(d) Work.

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

8. What did Helen, Mildred and Anne do when the train approached?
(a) Held on to the swaying trestles.
(b) Waved at the engineer.
(c) Ran off of the railroad tracks.
(d) Jumped into the stream.

9. Who cared for the canary?
(a) Helen's mother.
(b) Martha.
(c) Helen.
(d) Anne.

10. Where did Helen's parents take her to see a famous eye doctor?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Washington, D.C.

11. What caused Helen's tantrums to increase in severity?
(a) Her parents began to tell her no more regularly.
(b) She was out of the house more often.
(c) Her desire to express herself grew.
(d) Her size and weight increased.

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

13. What subject did Helen not like?
(a) Math.
(b) Science.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.

14. In what area did Helen have a lot of catching up to do?
(a) Learning.
(b) Reading.
(c) Math.
(d) Language.

15. What abstract term did it take a very long time for Helen to understand?
(a) Concentrate.
(b) Think.
(c) Love.
(d) Solve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why wasn't Mildred hurt?

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

3. In what state was Helen born?

4. In what way did Helen show a normal child's natural fascination?

5. What was Helen most interested in that she visited while on her trip?

(see the answer keys)

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