Who Was Helen Keller?

Helen was able to see and hear until she...

• became sick with a high fever

• witnessed the death of her friend while playing

• had an allergic reaction to food she ate

• fell from her crib one night

What did many relatives say the Keller's should do about Helen?

• put her away because of her temper tantrums

• lock her in the basement to punish her bad behavior

• send her to a better school than the one she attended

• find a good teacher for her

To whom did the Kellers turn for help with Helen?

• Louis Braille

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Eli Whitney

What was true about Anne Sullivan?

• Her daughter was born blind

• She had invented a sign language for deaf children

• She had attended the Gallaudet School for the Deaf

• She had been partially blind as a child

To help Helen learn faster, Annie decided to --

• write a series of short nature stories for Helen

• take Helen on a vacation to New York City

• moved the two of them into a nearby cottage

• set up an allowance reward system for Helen

What became Helen's dream in the spring of 1890?

• to meet the President of the United States

• to attend Harvard University

• to learn to speak like another deaf-blind girl

• to write a book of poetry for children

Why did Mr. Anagnos stop trusting Annie and Helen?

• Helen and Annie refused his offer of free tuition for Helen.

• Annie and Helen took credit for a teaching method he developed.

• A story Helen wrote was an exact copy of another story.

• Helen complained in the press about teachers at the Perkins School.

Annie and Helen moved to New Your City in 1894 so that --

• Helen could appear on a weekly radio program

• they could begin doing research for a book

• Helen could attend the Wright-Humason School

• Annie could learn the Braille system and then teach it to Helen.

What lifelong dream did Helen achieve in 1904?

• She fell in love.

• She graduated from college.

• She bought her parents a new home.

• She opened her own school for the deaf and blind.

After Annie died in 1936, Helen worked to--

• send her younger sisters to college.

• provide money to support her aging parents.

• help Alexander Graham Bell develop the hearing aid.

• pass laws that would help the blind.