Helen Keller

What did Helen Keller earn in her life?

(Choose 2 answers.)

• Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal

• Obama Care

• Presidential Medal of Freedom

• First Woman to be President Award

Answer explanation

She earned the Theodore

Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal, and the

Presidential Medal of Freedom.

What was NOT an achievement of Helen Keller?

• She was elected to the Women's Hall of Fame.

• She met the president of the United States.

• She graduated with honors from Radcliffe College.

• She wrote an autobiography.

Answer explanation

She was elected to

the Women's Hall of Fame, graduated with honors

from Radcli!e College, and received honorary

degrees from several universities. She wrote an

autobiography, and traveled to more than thirty

nations around the world to inspire people.

Helen Keller was born blind and deaf.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

She was a healthy baby who began

speaking her frst words around six months old, and began walking around one year

old. Before her second birthday, though, Helen got very sick and developed a high

fever.

What explains Helen's wild and uncontrollable behavior?

(Choose 3 answers.)

• She did not do her homework.

• She kicked, hit, screamed, and threw tantrums.

• She put her hands in other people's food.

• She wouldn't stay in her bed at night.

Answer explanation

Helen became wild and uncontrollable. She kicked, hit, screamed, threw tantrums,

and put her hands in other people's food at the dinner table. She wouldn't stay in her

bed at night.

Alexandar Graham Bell was the inventor of the _________.

• television

• telegram

• telephone

• light bulb

Who became Helen's teacher?

• Ann Sullivan

• Annie Sullie

• Ann Sullie

• Annie Sullivan

Answer explanation

Annie Sullivan, arrived to the Keller home to begin

teaching Helen.

What was the first word Annie tried to teach Helen?

• water

• doll

• flower

• ground

Answer explanation

She brought Helen a doll as a gift, and

on her very "rst day at the Kellers, Annie tried to teach Helen the word "doll."

What did Annie use to teach Helen words?

• Braille

• sign language

• finger spelling

• writing

Answer explanation

Annie tried teaching Helen many words with finger spelling.

What was the first word that Helen understood?

• water

• doll

• flower

• ground

Answer explanation

One day, Annie had a big breakthrough. She taught Helen the meaning of the

word "water" by holding her hand under a water pump and spelling "w-a-t-e-r" over

and over again. Helen understood!

What were some things Helen did to help the rest of the world understand her?

(Choose 3 answers.)

• She learned how to read Braille and use a Braille typewriter.

• She spent 25 years learning to speak.

• She taught people finger spelling.

• She went to a school for the deaf in Boston.

Answer explanation

Now Helen wanted the rest of the world to understand her just as well. She learned

how to read Braille, a special alphabet for blind people. Then she used a Braille

typewriter to type out stories of her own! She also spent the next twenty-"ve years of

her life learning to speak so that others could understand her. She went to a school for

the deaf in Boston.