Helen Keller Story & Vocab

Why does the author tell what the cow feels like in the beginning of the story?

• to explain how to milk a cow

• to give facts about a kind of cow

• to show how soft cows are

• to show how the world felt to Helen

Why did Helen fight with Annie?

• Helen didn't understand that Annie wanted to help her.

• Annie was mean to Helen and yelled at her.

• Helen was jealous of Annie.

• Annie stole Helen's food.

The teacher asked for _______ while reading the story.

• behavior

• darkness

• motion

• silence

What can you tell from the end of the story?

• Helen liked to be alone.

• Helen Keller is a famous person.

• No one has ever heard of Helen Keller.

• Helen Keller is a fictional character.

What made Helen angry?

• Her parents punished her.

• She didn't like to milk the cow.

• No one understood her.

• Her brother was mean to her.

How did Helen solve the problem of learning to read even though she couldn't see?

• She didn't learn to read.

• She played instead of learning.

• She stopped trying to learn and just gave up.

• She learned to read by feeling raised letters with her fingers.

What words does the author use to show that Helen was angry at first?

• alone, silence, darkness

• screamed, cried, kicked

• hungry, motions, pretended

• hungry, sleepy crying

What does the word curious mean?

• knowing a lot

• wanting to know

• needing to report

• forgetting how to do something

What does the word illness mean?

• accident

• disease

• darkness

• motion

Why does the author tell you that Helen locked Annie in a room?

• To show that Helen liked Annie.

• To show that Helen was nice to Annie.

• To show that Helen was mean to Annie and did not understand that she was trying to help her.

• To show that Helen really could see.