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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 release.
(b) Something like regret.
(c) Something like relief.
(d) Something like anger.

2. What did Helen name her canary?
(a) Baby.
(b) Little Tim.
(c) Little Annie.
(d) Winnie-the-Pooh.

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

4. What was Helen allowed to do for the first time with the Tuscumbia school children?
(a) Give the children their gifts.
(b) Decorate the tree.
(c) Hang stockings.
(d) Sing Christmas carols.

5. After the storm, what was it a long time before Helen did again?
(a) Ate with her teacher.
(b) Went outside.
(c) Climbed a tree.
(d) Felt a storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area did Helen have a lot of catching up to do?

2. Where did Helen and Anne vacation after leaving Boston?

3. How can one tell that Helen enjoyed spelling out sentences with Anne?

4. Where is Fern Quarry located?

5. Who did the eye doctor recommend that Helen's parents contact?

Short Essay Questions

1. What position did Helen hold in the family and how was she treated?

2. What happened to Helen, Mildred and Miss Sullivan as they tried to find their way home when they were lost in the woods?

3. How was Helen able to learn some of the basics of geography and what did she think she was actually doing?

4. What happened to Helen's canary?

5. What allowed Helen to forget all of the controversy about her plagiarism?

6. When Helen began reading her first book, how did she start out?

7. What happened to Helen's approach to religion after Bishop Brooks died?

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

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

10. How did Helen feel about Shakespeare and how did her feelings change from the time she was a child to an young adult?

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