Review, The Story of My Life

In the excerpt from "The Story of My Life," the teacher's name is Helen Keller

• True

• False

The excerpt "The Story of My Life" is ________________ of Helen Keller's life.

• biography

• autobiography

Helen Keller's handicaps were....

• blind

• deaf

• mute

"Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible (touchable) white darkness shut you in..." is Helen Keller describing...

• what life was like before her education began

• describes how lonely she felt

• describes how confused she felt

Helen Keller describes someone "who had come to reveal all things to me." This person is...

• her friend

• her brother

• Anne Sullivan

• her father

"Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as a of something forgotten -- a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me." This quote is Helen Keller describing when she finally realized that words were connected to objects. What word did she learn?

• water

• doll

• mug

• coat

How did Helen Keller's disabilities affect her before Anne Sullivan arrived? We can all agree that it affected her greatly, but what evidence from the text gives us the best answer?

• "...I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant" (40).

• "I did not know what my future held of marvel or surprise for me" (40).

• "I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line..." (40).

• "Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog..." (40).

"The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent [the doll] and Laura Bridgman had dressed it; but I did not know this until afterwards." This quote suggests that...

• The doll was a gift from the Perkins Institution to Helen Keller

• The doll given as a gift from the Perkins Institution to Helen Keller so that she could start her education

• The doll was sent from the Perkins Institution to Helen Keller for her to start her education.

Why is the episode at the well such a significant moment in Helen Keller's life?

• Helen Keller realizes that Laura Bridgman and the Perkins Institute gave her the doll

• Helen Keller, with the help of Anne Sullivan, realizes that words are connected to objects.

• Helen Keller finds true friendship with Anne Sullivan

• Helen Keller realizes that Anne Sullivan's signing on her hand is language and finally understands what w-a-t-e-r is.

"In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness." In this sentence, sentiment means....

• a feeling or an emotion

• to influence or encourage people to do something

• confusing, puzzling

• to make something known