Helen Keller: The Story of My Life (Chapter IV)

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What did Helen feel after learning what “water” means?

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Helen was joyful because she realized the objects around her had names and meaning.

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Paragraph 4 of “The Story of My Life” are told in the ______ tense, from a _______ point of view.

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past; first-person

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Which sentence most strongly expresses Helen’s feelings before she could understand language? Options: “Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.”, “As we returned to the house every object which I touched seemed to quiver with life.”, “The most important day in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me.”, “I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.”

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“Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.”

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Inference about Anne Sullivan

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Anne Sullivan was dedicated to helping Helen learn language.

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Why did Helen feel happy at the end of the excerpt?

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The language she was learning helped her make sense of the world.

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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports that the language she learned helped Helen make sense of the world? Options: “I learned a great many new words that day.”, “I do not remember what they all were; but I do know that mother, father, sister, teacher were among them—words that were to make the world blossom for me, like ‘Aaron’s rod, with flowers.’”, “This thought, if a wordless sensation may be called a thought, made me hop and skip with pleasure.”, “Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.”

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“I do not remember what they all were; but I do know that mother, father, sister, teacher were among them—words that were to make the world blossom for me, like ‘Aaron’s rod, with flowers.’”

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What is mainly the significance of water in the excerpt?

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Water is the first thing that teaches Helen that everything has a name.

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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the idea that water was important in teaching Helen about names? Options: “Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under the spout.”, “I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers.”, “Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness of something forgotten—a thrill of returning thought, and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me.”, “Miss Sullivan had continued to impress upon me that “m-u-g” is mug and that “w-a-t-e-r” is water but I persisted in confounding the two.”

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“Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness of something forgotten—a thrill of returning thought, and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me.”

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Which event was first in this excerpt?

• Helen meets Miss Sullivan.
• Helen learns the meaning of the word “water.”
• Helen seizes the doll and throws it to the ground.

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Helen meets Miss Sullivan.

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Which event happened in the end of this excerpt?

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Helen learns the meaning of the word “water.”