The Story of My Life

According to "The Story of My Life," how does Helen mainly perceive her surroundings?

• sight

• taste

• touch

• hearing

Why does Helen break the doll that Miss Sullivan had given her?

• She wants to anger Miss Sullivan because she doesn't want to learn.

• She wants a different doll.

• She likes her rag doll better.

• She is impatient with the lessons she does not understand.

Read this sentence:

"In despair, Miss Sullivan had dropped the subject for a time, only to renew it at the first opportunity."

What characteristics of Miss Sullivan are revealed? (choose 2)

• Miss Sullivan is impatient.

• Miss Sullivan is persistent.

• Miss Sullivan is angry.

• Miss Sullivan is wise.

What action directly causes Helen to understand the concept of language?

• Walking in the sunshine with Miss Sullivan.

• Tracing the shapes of letters with her hand.

• Putting the broken pieces of the doll back together.

• Having water flow over her hand while spelling the word, water.

Helen says that at first, "I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it." This sentence reveals that from Helen's perspective, sign language was....

• an exchange of information

• a way to discipline her

• an annoying interruption

• an amusing activity

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

The sentence above reveals which personal quality of Helen that fostered her success in learning to use language?

• enthusiasm

• impatience

• humor

• compassion

In her story, Helen describes her experience learning to communicate. What "strange new sight" comes to her then?

• She feels love for the first time.

• She realizes she is able to see with eyeglasses.

• She discovers she can picture objects in her mind.

• She discovers everything has a name and thus has value.

Which of the following best state Helen Keller's purposes in writing this story? (choose 2 answers)

• To entertain readers with a tale based on personal experience

• To inform readers about an important event in her life and express her emotions about it.

• To share her reflections upon the influence of an important person in her life.

• To persuade readers to help deaf children by providing proper education

Helen states:

"Neither sorrow nor regret followed my passionate outburst. I had not loved the doll. In the still dark world in which I lived, there was no strong sentiment or tenderness."

Which words convey a bleak, unhappy tone? (choose 2)

• passionate

• still

• dark

• strong

• sentiment

Helen states:

"Neither sorrow nor regret followed my passionate outburst. I had not loved the doll. In the still dark world in which I lived, there was no strong sentiment or tenderness."

The statement above shows Helen's perspective at the beginning of the story. How did her perspective change by the end of the story? (choose 2 answers)

• She learned that she would never be able to leave her dark world.

• She learned that things have names, and so these things can have value.

• She learned that only Miss Sullivan could save her from her dark world.

• She learned that this concept of language could open up a new world to her.