The Story of My Life

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

• sight

• taste

• touch

• hearing

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: "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.

What was a significant breakthrough in Helen Keller's education?

• Learning to speak

• Learning to read Braille

• Understanding the concept of language

• Graduating from college

What was the primary goal of Helen Keller's education as envisioned by Anne Sullivan?

• To make Helen independent

• To enable Helen to attend college

• To teach Helen to communicate with the world

• All of the above

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."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.

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.

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.