Helen Keller HMH Secondond

This story is a biography which means:

• it has made up characters

• it has events that cannot happen in real life

• 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 deaf and paralyzed

• she became blind and deaf

• she could no longer walk

• nothing

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

• she rested her hand on her face

Who was Anne Sullivan

• a teacher who changed Helen's life

• her sister's teacher

• a friend of her parents

• a college professor

How did Helen eventually communicate with others?

• she acted things out

• she wrote letters

• she made faces

• she wrote words in their hands

How could Helen read books?

• they were written in Braille

• her mother read them to her

• they were written in Morse code

• her teacher wrote them in her hand

Helen learned to speak all of these languages except

• English

• German

• Spanish

• French

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 that is of a child

• it is mimiature

Describe how you can tell Anne Sullivan was patient.

• She stayed home.

• She didn't give up on Helen.

• She was a teacher.

What did Helen prove to others by graduating from college?

• She was smart.

• She could read.

• People with disabilities could get an education.