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WorksheetsThe Story of My Life- Comprehension
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In the excerpt from "The Story of My Life," the teacher's name is Helen Keller
True
False
The excerpt "The Story of My Life" is ________________ of Helen Keller's life.
Biography
Autobiography
Helen Keller's handicaps were....
blind
deaf
mute
deaf and blind
Helen Keller describes someone "who had come to reveal all things to me." This person is...
Her father
Her brother
Her friend
Anne Sullivan
"Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as a of something forgotten -- a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me." This quote is Helen Keller describing when she finally realized that words were connected to objects. What word did she learn?
doll
water
coat
mug
Why is the episode at the well such a significant moment in Helen Keller's life?
Check all that apply.
Helen Keller realizes that Laura Bridgman and the Perkins Institute gave her the doll
Helen Keller, with the help of Anne Sullivan, realizes that words are connected to objects.
Helen Keller realizes that Anne Sullivan's signing on her hand is language and finally understands what w-a-t-e-r is.
Helen Keller finds true friendship with Anne Sullivan
What genre is The Story of My Life?
media
imagery
nonfiction
fiction
What context clues assist you in defining "repentance" in the following sentence? Then my eyes filled with tears for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.
eyes and filled
realized and done
sorrow and tears
first and felt
What context clues assist you in defining "unconsciously" in the following sentence? My fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southern spring.
greet
blossoms
leaves
familiar
What context clues assist you in defining "languor" in the following sentence? Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.
anger and bitterness
preyed and upon
continually and weeks
succeed and languor
In her autobiography, Keller says that the most important day of her life was the day she
learned about water
learned to spell mug
met her new teacher
smelled honeysuckle
An autobiography is
a scary story
someone writing about their own life
a lie
someone writing about someone else's life
Which sentence most strongly expresses Helen’s feelings before she could understand language?
“Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.”
“As we returned to the house every object which I touched seemed to quiver with life.”
“The most important day in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me.”
“I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.”
Which of the following inferences best describes Anne Sullivan?
Anne Sullivan was an effective teacher because she was outgoing.
Anne Sullivan was dedicated to helping Helen learn language.
Anne Sullivan was strict about making Helen quickly learn new words.
Anne Sullivan was frustrated when Helen broke the new doll.
Which of the following statements best explains why Helen felt happy at the end of this excerpt?
She was going out into the warm sunshine.
She learned the meaning of the word “doll.”
The language she was learning helped her make sense of the world.
She didn’t like the big rag doll and she was glad it was broken.
What perspective is this story written in?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
In this selection, events are told from the perspective of --
a child learning about the world
an adult looking back on her childhood
an adult telling about the childhood of another person
a child telling about an important person in her life
What are the 5 senses we use everyday?
taste, running, sight, hear, smell
skipping, hopping, running, touch, taste
sight, hear, smell, touch, taste
hear, smell, touch, taste, throwing
Helen could not hear, yet she describes things that could "hum, or buzz, or sing". How could she have known these things?
She would have felt the vibrations in her hands
She remembered the sounds from when she was a baby
What senses did Helen have to rely on?
running, skipping, jumping
hearing and seeing
touch, smell, taste
taste, smell, touch, hearing, sight
