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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season is it when Helen and her family travel for their vacation?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

2. In what way was Helen gifted from the beginning of her life?
(a) Verbally.
(b) Emotionally.
(c) Physically.
(d) Empathetically.

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

4. Why did Sullivan take Helen outside?
(a) To remove her from an interfering family.
(b) To trying using objects from the outdoors.
(c) To change the scenery and mood.
(d) To cool Helen's temper and give herself a break.

5. What causes Helen's feelings of pain for the other students to pass quickly?
(a) She sees them as happy and contented.
(b) She learns about some additional students.
(c) They tell her not to be upset.
(d) She is moved on to another location.

6. What subject did Helen learn about on the walks she and Anne took?
(a) Geography.
(b) Science.
(c) Social Studies.
(d) Math.

7. What did Helen compare the trip she took to?
(a) A bible story.
(b) An unveiling.
(c) A great adventure.
(d) A fairy tale.

8. Where did most of Helen's lessons come from during the summer?
(a) Books.
(b) House.
(c) Family.
(d) Nature.

9. How did Helen spend the rest of her summer?
(a) Playing and communicating with her family.
(b) Traveling with Anne.
(c) Building her vocabulary.
(d) Visiting doctors and schools.

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

11. 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 figure out things on her own without her teacher's help.
(c) She wanted to do things herself.
(d) She wanted to explore and learn about the miracles around her.

12. In what month did Anne Sullivan arrive at Ivy Green to work with Helen?
(a) April.
(b) May.
(c) March.
(d) June.

13. What was Anne sent to do with Helen?
(a) Teach her.
(b) Discipline her.
(c) Babysit her.
(d) Watch her.

14. For how many years did Helen live in isolation?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

15. Learning these finger spellings could be said to be what for Helen?
(a) A period of great learning.
(b) The end to a long road.
(c) A simple pattern of effort.
(d) A bridge to the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen indicate she felt after he tantrums passed?

2. What was Helen allowed to do for the first time with the Tuscumbia school children?

3. In what state was Helen born?

4. How did Anne speak to Helen constantly?

5. What was Mildred's suggestion to Helen and Mildred?

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