I Am Helen Keller Comprehension

This story is a BIOGRAPHY which means

• it has made up characters

• it was written to make the reader laugh

• it tells about a real person's life

What happened as a result of Helen being sick?

• she became paralyzed and deaf

• she became blind and deaf

• she could no longer walk

How did she learn to say "father" when she was five?

• she rubbed her face to show his beard

• she motioned to put on his glasses

• she tugged her ear

Who was Anne Sullivan?

• a teacher who changed Helen's life

• a friend of her parents

• her sister's teacher

How did Helen evetually communicate with others?

• she acted things out

• she wrote letters

• she wrote words in their hands

How could Helen read books?

• they were written in Braille

• her mother read them to her

• her teacher wrote them in her hand

Helen learned to speak all of these languages EXCEPT?

• English

• German

• Spanish

What is special about the statue of Helen Keller that is in the U.S. capital?

• it is larger than all the rest of the statues

• it can talk

• it's the first statue of a child

How do you know that Anne Sullivan was patient?

• She was NOT patient.

• She wrote many words in Helen's hand for years.

• She taught Helen sign language.

What did Helen prove to others by graduating college?

• She was kind.

• That you can overcome any obstacle.

• She didn't finish college.