LMS Helen Keller "The Story of My Life" Vocabulary Review

"Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle." What is the meaning of the word "preyed" as it is used in this sentence?

• Advantage

• Constant struggle

• Despair

• Hunted

"When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly I was flushed with childish pleasure and pride." What is the meaning of the word "flushed" as it is used in this sentence?

• Cleansed

• Driven from

• Intensely feeling

• Sudden flow

"Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow." What is the meaning of the word "repentance" as it is used in the sentence?

• Defense

• Guilt

• Pride

• Solace

"There was a moment of sinister silence, then a multitudinous stirring of the leaves." What does the connotative meaning of the phrase "sinister silence" suggest as it is used in this sentence?

• The phrase describes the unsettling calm before the storm hits.

• The phrase highlights Helen's fear of being in the tree.

• The phrase explains the process of the storm.

• The phrase suggests Helen's understanding of nature.

"It was the sweet allurement of the mimosa tree in full bloom that finally overcame my fears." What is the meaning of the word "allurement" as it is used in this sentence?

• Caution

• Fragrance

• Temptation

• Warning

" At first, when my teacher told me about a new thing I asked very few questions. My ideas were vague, and my vocabulary was inadequate; but as my knowledge of things grew, and I learned more and more words, my field of inquiry broadened, and I would return again and again to the same subject, eager for further information. Sometimes a new word revived an image that some earlier experience had engraved on my brain."

What is the meaning of "inadequate" as used on page 20?

• To lack development

• Sufficient

• To grow

• To lack meaning

"For a long time I was still—I was not thinking of the beads in my lap, but trying to find a meaning for "love" in the light of this new idea. The sun had been under a cloud all day, and there had been brief showers; but suddenly the sun broke forth in all its southern splendour."

What is the meaning of the phrase as used in the text on page 21 "but suddenly the sun broke forth in all its southern splendour" ?

• The sunlight beams on the beads in Helen's lap.

• The sun was shining through the clouds creating a beautiful day.

• The brief showers cooled off the day.

• A storm came all of a sudden.

"The beautiful truth burst upon my mind—I felt that there were invisible lines stretched between my spirit and the spirits of others."

How does the word "burst" on page 22 impact the tone of the passage?

• By suggesting Helen's confusion

• By creating a sense of urgency

• By conveying a sense of regret

• By highlighting the excitement of Helen's understanding

"Seated in the gracious shade of a wild tulip tree, I learned to think that everything has a lesson and a suggestion. "The loveliness of things taught me all their use." Indeed, everything that could hum, or buzz, or sing, or bloom had a part in my education-noisy-throated frogs, katydids and crickets held in my hand until forgetting their embarrassment, they trilled their reedy note, little downy chickens and wildflowers, the dogwood blossoms, meadow-violets and budding fruit trees."

How does this phrase on page 24 "The loveliness of things taught me all their use." impact the meaning of the text?

• By suggesting how nature talked to Helen

• By conveying Helen's love for the outdoors

• By describing how Helen learned while being outdoors

• By describing the beauty of the garden

"I felt the bursting cotton-bolls and fingered their soft fiber and fuzzy seeds; I felt the low soughing of the wind through the cornstalks, the silky rustling of the long leaves, and the indignant snort of my pony, as we caught him in the pasture and put the bit in his mouth—ah me! how well I remember the spicy, clovery smell of his breath!"

What is the meaning of "indignant" as used on page 24?

• Excited

• Fearful

• Hungry

• Unhappy