The Miracle Worker

Who is the "miracle worker" in the play?

• Helen

• Annie

• Kate

• James

When Annie takes Helen outside to refill the water pitcher, why does James prevent Captain Keller from interfering?

• Keller might harm Annie

• Aunt Ev is already chasing after Annie.

• Kate has asked James to stop Keller.

• James realizes that Annie cannot teach Helen as long as his parents interfere.

  
  

What does Annie write is her biggest problem in teaching Helen?

• Overcoming her own lack of training.

• Disciplining Helen without breaking her spirit.

• Counteracting Kate's influence

• Conquering Helen's shyness

Annie’s main goal with Helen is to teach her:

• manners

• language

• cooking

• Braille

What does Kate realize at the beginning of Act 1? (p. 3)

• Helen has an irregular heartbeat

• Helen has cancer

• Helen cannot see or hear

Who described Helen as "...half-mentally defective, she can't even keep herself clean.  It's not pleasant to see her about all the time."

• Aunt Ev

• Keller

• Viney

• James

Keller is unimpressed with Annie at first due to her:

• previous blindness

• Yankee mindset

• young age

• all of the these answers

How and why did Helen's parents 'indulge' her?

• Helen was deaf and blind and they pitied her and didn't know how to reach her.

• Helen was too smart for her own good

• They were rich and had lots of money

• They didn't like James and wanted him to know it

She had a mind "like a mousetrap"

• Percy

• Helen

• Kate

• Annie Sullivan

Annie tells the Kellers that Helen’s greatest handicap is 

• When the family gives in to Helen’s tantrums out of pity

• When Keller works at the newspaper instead of working at home

• When Helen plays with Martha and Percy