from The Story of My Life- Helen Keller

According to the selection from The Story of My Life, Keller mainly perceives her surroundings

(a)  

• A.

  through her sense of hearing

• B.through her sense of touch
• C.

  through her sense of smell

• D.

  through her sense of taste

In the selection from The Story of My Life, why does Keller break the new doll that Miss Sullivan gives her?

• A.

  She wants to anger Miss Sullivan.

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  B.

  She wants Miss Sullivan to give her a different doll.

• C.

  She does not like the new doll as much as her old rag doll.

• D.

  She feels impatient with Miss Sullivan's attempts to teach her words.

In the selection from The Story of My Life, Keller feels pleasure when Miss Sullivan brings her hat to her because

​ ​ ​ (a)  

• She has learned how to spell "h-a-t."
• She enjoys the feeling of the hat on her head.
• She knows that she will be going outside.
• She loves wearing hats.

According to the selection from The Story of My Life, which action directly causes Keller to understand the concept of language?

• A.

  walking in the garden with Miss Sullivan to feel the sunshine

• B.

  tracing the shapes of letters on her hand and showing her mother

• C.

  picking up pieces of a broken doll and trying to put them together

• D.

  having water flow over her hand and then learning to spell water

According to the selection from The Story of My Life, how does Keller feel the night following her discovery of language?

• A.

  full of joy

• B.

  full of despair

• C.

  full of anxiety

• D.

  full of jealousy

Concept Vocabulary

What would a child most likely do to imitate her sister's behavior?

• 
  

  A.

  tell others about it

• B.

  make fun of it

• 
  

  C.

  try to copy it

• 
  

  D.

  ignore it

In order to be accurately called a mystery, what must something be?

• A.

  tragic

• B.

  joyous

• C.

  boring

• D.

  puzzling

Which of these situations would most likely present barriers to learning to sing?

• 
  

  A.

  having a sweet-sounding voice

• B.

  having a good teacher

• C.

  joining a chorus

• D.

  being tone-deaf

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A
In the selection from The Story of My Life, what personal quality is most responsible for Keller’s success in learning to use words?

• A.

  enthusiasm

• B.

  compassion

• C.

  impatience

• D.

  humor

Part B
Which of the following excerpts from The Story of My Life best supports the answer to Part A?

• A.

  I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed; I was simply making my fingers go in monkey-like imitation.

• B.

  Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that "m-u-g" is mug and that "w-a-t-e-r" is water, but I persisted in confounding the two.

• C.

  As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly.

• D.

  I left the well-house eager to learn. Everything had a name, and each name gave birth to a new thought.