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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Helen feel about cold winters?
(a) She despised them.
(b) She tolerated them.
(c) She enjoyed them.
(d) She disliked them.

2. What subject did Mr. Gilman, the principal, take over instructing Helen in?
(a) Geography.
(b) Math.
(c) English literature.
(d) German.

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

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

5. Who is Sarah Fuller?
(a) A teacher who could help her learn to talk.
(b) A deaf girl who learned to talk.
(c) Principal of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf.
(d) A deaf and blind girl who learned to talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does her lack of sight and hearing sometimes make Helen feel?

2. How old was Helen when she had her first public controversy?

3. What did Mr. Gilman want Anne and Helen to do?

4. What was the only part of New York City that Helen actually liked?

5. What was the one exhibit that Helen could not explore?

(see the answer keys)

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