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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Helen and Anne spend he rest of the day after Helen made the connection between the finger spelling and objects?

2. Learning these finger spellings could be said to be what for Helen?

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

4. What took Helen's sight and hearing?

5. What was Helen doing when Anne tapped her forehead and spelled think?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is The Story of My Life and when was it written?

2. Why did Anne take Helen outside when she went into a rage and broke her new doll?

3. What were two of the chores that Helen was able to do for her mother?

4. What disappointed Helen about her time at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf?

5. What happened when Helen wrote her very first story?

6. At age nine, what did Helen experience for the first time?

7. How did Helen sometimes feel toward her peers and why did she feel this way?

8. Where did Helen spend her winters?

9. What did Anne Sullivan begin to do as soon as she arrived at Helen's home?

10. What happened as a result of the plagiarizing incident for Helen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you believe Helen had to learn the strategy of applying herself to something that does not interest her? Did you also have to learn this strategy? If so, why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did Helen change throughout the novel? In what ways did she remain the same? Do you think Helen herself recognized how she changed or did it just become more apparent to others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways did Helen's disposition help her to lead a successful life? Do you think her temperament was always a positive feature? Why or why not?

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