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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhen you are uncomprehending you__are aware of your feelingsfeel regretfuldo not understandare real and touchable
- 2. Multiple Choice
In this selection, events are told from the perspective of --
a child learning about the world
an adult looking back on her childhood
an adult telling about the childhood of another person
a child telling about an important person in her life
- 3. Multiple Choice
The description of the well-house and outside helps the reader --
recognize the similarities and differences between the house and the inside.
see why Helen Keller was upset
understand Helen Keller's feelings towards being in the outdoors
realize how unusual the weather was
- 4. Multiple Choice
What perspective is this story written in?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
3rd person limited
- 5. Multiple Choice
Based on the selection, what was the main reason Helen claimed that her understanding of language came from the word "water"
Water was so common and familiar to Helen that the word was easy to learn.
Helen became so thirsty that she was forced to ask for water by name.
The feel of the water helped Helen understand the concept of language.
The lesson with the flowing water helped Helen remember that she knew the concept in the past.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn her autobiography, Keller says that the most important day of her life was the day shelearned about wataerlearned to spell mugmet her new teachersmelled honeysuckle
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe first word that Keller truly understood wasdollwatermothermug
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Keller realize after understanding her first word?Her teacher was a miracle workerHer ship was out of the fog.She could imitate anything.Everyhing has a name.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceKeller explains that Sullivan changed her life bybringing Keller closer to her familygiving Keller her first dollteaching Keller to readgiving Keller hope
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow does Keller describe her state before Sullivan arrived?She was eager to learn.She was weak and angryShe felt sad but not hopeless.She was as lonely as a ship at sea.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAn autobiography isa scary storysomeone writing about their own lifea liesomeone writing about someone else's life
- 12. Multiple Choice
When Miss Sullivan first spelled the word doll into Helen's hand, she responded by
breaking a doll.
mimicking Miss Sullivan's hand movements.
struggling rougly with Miss Sullivan.
connecting the word doll with the object.
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did Helen feel at the end of the day when she first understood what language meant?
sad at how much she had missed of life
too tired to want to learn anything more
eager for the next day to begin
angry that her parents had never taught her the names of things
- 14. Multiple Choice
How does the introduction help readers learn more about Hellen Keller?
by communicating the importance of Helen Kellers Book
by providing facts about Helen Keller's life before her illsness
by describing the effect Helen Keller had on the people she met
by revealing the challenges that Helen Keller had conquered in her life
- 15. Multiple Choice
What message is presented in the article?
Polite behavior can be the key to an improved life.
Teamwork is necessary for building a good relationship.
Imitating others is important but may also cause frustration.
Being different can be a challenge but can also encourage creativity.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHelen Keller was born blind and deaf.TrueFalse
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHelen Keller had an accident that caused her illness.TrueFalse
- 18. Multiple ChoiceHelen Keller had a strange fever that caused her illness.TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAnne Sullivan was the cousin of Helen Keller.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe first word that Hellen tried to spell was doll.TrueFalse
- 21. Multiple Choice
I couldn't see anything in the darkness. What does darkness mean in this sentence?
no light
wanting to know something
copied or did the same thing as someone else
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhen Helen was six months old she became sick. What was wrong with her?She had the flu.She had a high fever.She had diarrhea.She had a sinus infection.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe illness Helen had left her ______________.ugly.smart and pretty.blind and deaf.blind and happy.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the writing that Helen used?sign languageBraillecursive
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the title of the book Helen wrote?Blind and DeafHelen KellerThe Story of My Life
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe reader can tell that Helen's family loved her because they -planted pretty flowers outside her windowtaught her to read lipstried to find people to help her
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the first part of the story mostly about?Before Annie came, Helen was happy to be in her worldBefore Annie came, life was very hard for HelenBefore Annie came, Helen wanted to know words for everything
- 28. Multiple ChoiceHelen sometimes screamed and kicked for hours because -everyone laughed at herher family kept secrets from herno one could understand her
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which sentence BEST describes how Helen's life changed after she learned the word for water?
From then on, Helen knew she was different from her family
From then on, Helen wanted to learn about everything
From then on, Helen called Annie "Teacher"
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence from the story BEST explains how Helen was able to read?Helen felt the words with her fingersHelen was hungry for knowledgeAnnie did not teach Helen words one at a time
- 31. Multiple Choice
What caused Helen Keller such anger in her life?
She hated dolls.
She was afraid of water.
She was trapped inside her self due to being, hearing impaired, blind, and non-verbal.
She chose not to speak and wouldn't listen to anything her mother said.
- 32. Multiple Choice
What is Braille?
A way for people who are bling to read and write using tiny raised bumps.
A synonym for sign language.
A device to assist people to hear.
A voice recorder for people who are non-verbal.
- 33. Multiple Choice
What is one central message conveyed in the selection?
Learning builds memory.
Achievement improves memory.
Knowledge comes from experience.
Discovery leads to understanding.
- 34. Multiple ChoiceKeller's use of first-person point of view in this autobiography helps you understandKeller's mother's pride in her daughterSullivan's ideas about helping KellerKeller's reason for breaking the dollSullivan's great love for Keller
- 35. Multiple ChoiceKeller explains in her autobiography that learning that language existed changed her byfilling her with both joy and sorrowbringing her closer to her mothermaking her admire Sullivansetting her soul free
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Keller feel the night after she understood the word water?religious faithintense happinesslove for her familylove for Sullivan
- 37. Multiple Choice
What genre is The Story of My Life?
media
fiction
imagery
non-fiction
- 38. Multiple Choice
What context clues assist you in defining "repentance" in the following sentence? Then my eyes filled with tears for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.
eyes and filled
realized and done
sorrow and tears
first and felt
- 39. Multiple Choice
How did Helen feel about her limits?
Secured.
Loved and cared for.
Trapped and frustrated.
Didn't care much about it.
- 40. Multiple Choice
How does Helen describe her feelings at the end of the day that she breaks her doll?
Upset that she doesn't have a doll any longer.
She was glad and satisfied. yet later on she was sorry for breaking the doll. She wanted to know that she had changed.
Frightened that she can get broken as well.
Sleepy, yet can't sleep without her doll.
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