A
How does Keller mainly perceive her surroundings?
a. through her sense of hearing
b. through her sense of touch
c. through her sense of smell
d. through her sense of taste
b
How does Keller at first view Miss Sullivan’s efforts to spell words into her hand?
a. as an exchange of information
b. as a means of disciplining her
c. as an annoying interruption
d. as an amusing activity
d. as an amusing activity
How do readers know the selection from The Story of My Life is written using the first-person point of view?
a. Keller is the narrator.
b. The narrator is unknown.
c. The narrator is untrustworthy.
d. Keller’s teacher is the narrator.
a. Keller is the narrator.
What was Keller's first book titled?
The Story of My Life
Why does Keller break the new doll that Miss Sullivan gives her?
a. She wants to anger Miss Sullivan.
b. She wants Miss Sullivan to give her a different doll.
c. She does not like the new doll as much as her old rag doll.
d. She feels impatient with Miss Sullivan’s attempts to teach her words.
d. She feels impatient with Miss Sullivan’s attempts to teach her words.
Which of the following sentences shows that Keller sees Sullivan's attempts as amusing?
a. I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it.
b. One day, while I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled “d-o-l-l” and tried to make me understand that “d-o-l-l” applied to both.
c. Earlier in the day we had had a tussle over the words “m-u-g” and “w-a-t-e-r.”
d. I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor.
a. I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it.
Read this excerpt from The Story of My Life."Neither sorrow nor regret followed my passionate outburst. I had not loved the doll. In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness."
Which words in the excerpt best convey a bleak, unhappy tone? Choose two options.
a. passionate
b. still
c. dark
d. strong
e. sentiment
f. tenderness
b. still, c. dark
What was the name of the TV drama based on Keller's The Story of My Life?
The Miracle Worker
Which action directly causes Keller to understand the concept of language?
a. walking in the garden with Miss Sullivan to feel the sunshine
b. tracing the shapes of letters on her hand and showing her mother
c. picking up pieces of a broken doll and trying to put them together
d. having water flow over her hand and then learning to spell water
d. having water flow over her hand and then learning to spell water
How old was Keller when she went on her long trek across Asia?
75 years old
Which of the following choices best states Keller’s two purposes for writing the selection from The Story of My Life?
a. to entertain readers with a moving personal story and to persuade them to help blind people
b. to inform readers about an important event in her life and to express her emotions about it
c. to inform readers about the qualities of a good teacher and to reflect on those qualities
d. to persuade readers to help deaf children and to describe a deaf child’s life
b. to inform readers about an important event in her life and to express her emotions about it
When was Helen Keller born?
on June 27, 1880
Why does Keller feel pleasure when Miss Sullivan brings her hat to her?
a. She loves wearing hats.
b. She has learned how to spell “h-a-t.”
c. She knows that she will be going outside.
d. She enjoys the feeling of the hat on her head.
c. She knows that she will be going outside.
Keller begins to learn to communicate. What “strange, new sight” comes to her then?
a. She feels love for the very first time in her life.
b. She realizes that she is able to see with eyeglasses.
c. She discovers that she can picture objects in her mind.
d. She understands that everything has a name and has value.
d. She understands that everything has a name and has value.
What is a main similarity between the video “How Helen Keller Learned to Talk” and the selection from The Story of My Life?
a. Both the video and the selection provide insight into Keller’s thoughts and feelings.
b. Both the video and the selection reveal ways that Keller learned to communicate.
c. Both the video and the selection convey Keller’s frustrations in learning to share her ideas.
d. Both the video and the selection explain why communication was important to Keller.
b. Both the video and the selection reveal ways that Keller learned to communicate.
Who helped Keller write her first book?
Sullivan and Macy