Helen Keller Language

Through which sense does Helen mainly perceive her surroundings?

• hearing

• touch

• smell

• taste

Why does Helen break the doll that Miss Sullivan gives her?

• She wants to anger Miss Sullivan.

• She wants a different doll.

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

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

Why does Helen feel pleasure when Miss Sullivan brings her hat?

• She loves wearing hats.

• She has learned how to spell "h-a-t".

• She knows that she will be going outside.

• She enjoys the feel of the hat on her head.

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

• walking in the garden to feel the sunshine

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

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

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

How does Helen feel the night following her discovery of language?

• full of joy

• full of despair

• full of anxiety

• full of jealousy

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

• tell others about it

• make fun of it

• try to copy it

• ignore it

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

• having a sweet-sounding voice

• having a good teacher

• joining a chorus

• being tone-deaf

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

• tragic

• joyous

• boring

• puzzling

How does Keller at first view Miss Sullivan's efforts to spell words into her hands?

• as an exchange of information

• as a means of disciplining her

• as an annoying interruption

• as an amusing activity

Which one supports the theory that Helen found spelling into her hands an amusing activity?

• I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it.

• Miss Sullivan tried to make me understand "doll".

• We had a tussle over the words "mug" and "water".

• I became impatient and threw the doll onto the floor.