Vocabulary
What does the word silence mean?
a. to be quiet
b. to have answers
c. to help someone
a. to be quiet
What does the word darkness mean?
a. to be very scared
b. to not be in the light
c. to be very angry at someone
b. to not be in the light
How did Alexander Graham Bell change Helen's life?
a. He promised Helen a new doll.
b. He explained to her family how to teach Helen sign language.
c. He told her family where to find a teacher to help Helen.
c. He told her family where to find a teacher to help Helen.
Annie Sullivan helped Helen Keller learn sign language and braille.
True
The boy found a _______ ring in the grass.
a. goat
b. coat
c. gold
c. gold
What does the word illness mean?
a. to be sick
b. to be sad
c. to be quiet
a. to be sick
Why does the author tell you that Helen locked Annie in a room?
a. to show that Annie cannot be trusted
b. to show that Helen was a playful student
c. to show that Helen was hard to work with
c. to show that Helen was hard to work with
At the beginning of the article, why does the author tell what the cow feels like?
a. to explain how to milk a cow.
b. to show how the world felt to Helen.
c. to give facts about a cow.
b. to show how the world felt to Helen.
Helen Keller was born in West Virginia.
False
A fat _____ lives under a rock in our yard.
a. tad
b. tide
c. toad
c. toad
What does the word imitated mean?
a. to forget
b. to copy
c. to laugh at
b. to copy
Which of these BEST shows that this article is about a real person?
a. There are some drawing of Helen.
b. The author describes Helen's feelings.
c. There are some photos of the real Helen Keller.
c. There are some photos of the real Helen Keller.
Which of these BEST describes Annie Sullivan?
a. She wrote this article.
b. She is a made-up character.
c. She was a teacher who really lived.
c. She was a teacher who really lived.
Helen Keller was deaf AND blind.
True
Will you _____ me how to use a hammer?
a. show
b. sea
c. she
What does the word behavior mean?
a. how old someone is
b. what someone looks like
c. the way someone acts
c. the way someone acts
What is a biography?
a. writing that rhymes
b. writing that is about a real person
c. writing that has made-up characters
b. writing that is about a real person
What words does the author show that Helen was angry at first?
a. alone, silence, darkness
b. screamed, cried, kicked
c. hungry, motions, pretended
b. screamed, cried, kicked
Helen Keller never learned to read or write.
False
Please _____ my hand as we cross the street.
a. had
b. hold
c. hull
b. hold
What does it mean to be curious?
a. to be smart
b. to want to know something
c. to report an accident
b. to want to know something
What does the word knowledge mean?
a. to be quiet
b. wishing you were smart
c. to gain information
c. to gain information
What can you tell from the END of the article?
a. Helen Keller liked to be alone.
b. Helen Keller is a famous person.
c. No one has ever heard of Helen Keller.
b. Helen Keller is a famous person
The author's purpose of this story was to inform the reader about Alexander Graham Bell and how he invented the telephone.
False.
Julio may ____ to be six feet tall!
a. grow
b. grin
c. gray
a. grow