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

Short Answer Questions

1. What outrages Helen as she visits the poor?

2. Why did Helen wait an additional year before she entered Radcliffe?

3. How did Helen respond to the controversy?

4. Which of the people at Cambridge learned to fingerspell?

5. How old was Helen when she was able to fingerspell, read raised print, read Braille and speak English?

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

Write an essay explaining in what ways Helen was fortunate to be born into the family she was. How did her parents support and help her? Why might other families not be able to do the same things?

Essay Topic 3

How did Helen learn to systematically work through something that would not offer her immediate gratification? What in her young life prepared her her for this type of work?

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