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Helen Keller First Half

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who got very, very sick?

a)

Helen Keller

b)

Annie Sullivan

c)

Mildred Keller

d)

Helen's father

2.

What did Helen probably have?

a)

scarlet fever

b)

chicken pox

c)

flu

d)

allergies

3.

How long did the doctor think she had to live when she was only eighteen months old?

a)

not much longer

b)

a few more years

c)

until she was 80

d)

until she was 100

4.

What did Helen's mother notice when she bent over Helen's crib?

a)

Helen didn't blink.

b)

Helen was wearing a hat.

c)

Helen was crying.

d)

Helen smelled stinky.

5.

What did Mrs. Keller notice when the meal bell went off?

a)

Helen didn't move.

b)

Helen started singing, "What time is it?"

c)

Helen's tummy growled.

d)

Helen ran to the table.

6.

In what city and state was Helen born?

a)

Tuscumbia, Alabama

b)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

c)

Oxford, Mississippi

d)

Memphis, Tennessee

7.

Why did Helen become "dumb"?

a)

She stopped speaking.

b)

She didn't go to school.

c)

She hit her head.

d)

She couldn't read because she was blind.

8.

How many signs did Helen Keller have to tell people what she wanted before Annie started working with her?

a)

sixty

b)

sixteen

c)

fifty

d)

ten

9.

How often did Helen have temper tantrums before she began working with Annie?

a)

every day

b)

only once in a while

c)

She never had temper tantrums.

d)

maybe once a week

10.

Who is Mildred Keller?

a)

Helen's baby sister

b)

Helen's mother

c)

Helen's real name

d)

Helen's grandmother

11.

What did it mean to Helen when she felt her mom put on her hat and gloves?

a)

Her mother was going somewhere.

b)

Her mother was cold.

c)

Her mother was fancy.

d)

Her mother was about to do surgery on someone.

12.

Where did Annie work?

a)

Perkins Institute

b)

State Insane Asylum

c)

University of Alabama

d)

a hospital

13.

How did Helen try to get to know Annie Sullivan?

a)

She patted her hand across Annie's face and down over her dress.

b)

She asked her questions about her life.

c)

She read a book about her.

d)

She texted her.

14.

What was the gift from the blind girls are the Perkins Institute?

a)

a doll

b)

a book

c)

a dozen doughnuts

d)

an iPad

15.

What was the first lesson that Miss Annie decided Helen needed to learn?

a)

self-control

b)

how to spell her name

c)

math facts

d)

sign language

16.

Why did Helen fight with Miss Annie so much?

a)

She didn't understand what Annie was trying to do.

b)

She didn't like strangers.

c)

She was mean as a snake.

d)

She was practicing karate.

17.

What prank did Helen do to Miss Annie?

a)

She locked Annie in her room.

b)

She hid in her closet and jumped out.

c)

She stole her toothbrush.

d)

She put salt in her coffee.

18.

Helen had the table manners of a pig.


Is this simile or metaphor?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

19.

What was the first word that had meaning for Helen?

a)

water

b)

doll

c)

dog

d)

mother

20.

She wiggled like an eel.


Is this simile or metaphor?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor