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WorksheetsLife of Helen Keller : book quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What caused Helen Keller to lose her vision and hearing?
She fell from her balcony
Her surgery went wrong and caused her to lose both vision and hearing
She was born without being able to see or hear
She had a bad cold and fever when she was young
Why do you think Helen was angry as a child?
Helen hated her siblings
Helen wanted to do and say many things but she could not
Helen's mother treated her very badly
Helen was not angry as a child, she was only happy
What was the first word that Helen Keller learned?
Helen learned the word "water" after her teacher put her hand under a water pump and spelled w-a-t-e-r on Helen's other palm.
Helen learned the word "soap" after her teacher put her hand on a bar of soap and spelled s-o-a-p on Helen's other palm.
Helen learned the word "mother" after her teacher put her hand on her mother's shoulder and spelled m-o-t-h-e-r on Helen's other palm.
Helen learned the word "doll" after her teacher put her hand on her doll and spelled d-o-l-l on Helen's other palm.
How did Helen turn her life around after learning her first word? Select all answers that apply:
Helen fell back into her ways and did not learn much more after that day.
Helen worked for the Foundation for the Blind where she helped other blind people learn to read.
Helen learned many other words and eventually learned how to read Braille.
Helen went to college, wrote a book about her life, and helped soldiers who had lost their hearing or vision in battle.
What happened to Helen when she was young?
She went to another country.
She broke her leg.
She got sick and went blind and deaf.
Who was Helen's teacher?
John Appleseed
Anne Sullivan
Her father
Helen was the first deaf and blind person to do what?
Invent the typewriter
Graduate from college
Create sign language
What is meant by sign language?
The language of the signs in the streets
The language of hearing-impaired people
What did she learn at the end?
She learnt different ways to communicate.
She learnt to “hear”.
She learnt to understand speech by touching a speaker’s lips and throat
All of the above
How did Alexander Graham Bell help Helen's mother?
He suggested a doctor for Helen.
He taught Helen.
He helped to find a teacher for Helen.
He researched other deaf and blind people.
By the end of the day, what had Helen learned?
a lot of new words
how to pump water
how to spell
