EXCERPT FROM 'THE STORY OF MY LIFE' by Helen Keller

1. Based on paragraph 2, which of the following best describes Helen Keller’s behavior?

• A mindless because she plays in the leaves and is a carefree child

• B impatient because she is waiting restlessly for a surprise

• C thankful that autumn is ending and spring is beginning

• C gentle as she waits for whatever her mother is expecting to happen

2. How does Helen first respond to Miss Sullivan’s teaching?

• A Helen is having fun but is unaware that Miss Sullivan is trying to teacher her.

• B Helen consciously acts out the words she is spelling and understanding.

• C Helen refuses to work with Miss Sullivan because she doesn’t think she can learn.

• D Helen enjoys repeating and spelling words aloud for Miss Sullivan and her mother.

3. Which of the following best explains how Helen Keller first learned language?

• A She accidentally broke a doll as she was trying to spell D-O-L-L.

• B She threw a mug of water to the ground and realized how to spell “water.”

• C She spoke for the first time and spelled “w-a-t-e-r” for her teacher, Miss Sullivan.

• D She realized the difference between “water” and a “mug” that holds water.

4. What does Helen Keller mean when she writes “words that were to make the world blossom for me”?

• A She realized that she should never quit even when things seem difficult.

• B Helen believed that one day she would be able to see and hear the world as others did.

• C Learning language helped Hellen experience more of life and imagine its possibilities.

• D Helen learned what sadness was after experiencing it for the first time.

5. Which of the following phrases best summarizes how Keller describes her life before her education?

• A As one stranded in darkness, searching for light

• B As a ship in a dense white fog without the tools or knowledge to escape

• C As a dense white fog surrounding everything in sight

• D As a ship in a fog, stranded at sea until the weather clears

6. What does the word “repentance” mean as it is used in paragraph 8?

• A Regret

• B Happiness

• C Anger

• D Forgiveness

7. Which of the following phrases best supports the meaning of the word repentance?

• A "quiver with life

• "B "tried vainly to put them back together”

• C "eyes filled with tears”

• D "realized what I had done”

Vocabulary: I can hear the _____ in her voice as she talks about losing the election.

• bitterness

• imitation

• sensation

• defects

Vocabulary: Jackie thinks the used sofa is fine because she can't see all the _________.

• bitterness

• imitation

• sensation

• defects

Vocabulary: The movie's special effects give me the ______ of racing down the track while still.

• imitation

• bitterness

• sensation

• defects