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Helen Keller End of Book Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Helen became deaf and blind because of _________.

a)

a fever.

b)

a hit on the head

c)

an accident

2.

How did Helen's mother know she was deaf?

a)

She looked into her eyes.

b)

Helen didn't come when the dinner bell rang.

c)

She wasn't deaf.

d)

She waved her hand in front of Helen's face.

3.

Mrs. Keller knew that Helen was deaf when she didn't respond to _______.

a)

a clap of thunder during a storm

b)

the loud bell ringing in the back yard

c)

a train whistle as they waited by the road

d)

the dog barking when a stranger arrived

4.

What sign meant Helen wanted her father?

a)

She rubbed an imaginary beard on her chin.

b)

She acted as if she were pulling on boots.

c)

She flexed her arm showing her muscles.

d)

She pretended to put on a pair of glasses.

5.

What item from Annie's open suitcase did Annie first spell for Helen?

a)

a brush

b)

a doll

c)

a ball

d)

a shoe

6.

What food did Helen try to take from Annie's plate?

a)

a biscuit

b)

corn on the cob

c)

sausage

d)

a strawberry

7.

To what "last chance" did Mrs. Keller finally agree?

a)

Annie and Helen going to a special school in Europe

b)

Annie taking Helen to the little garden house

c)

taking Helen to a specialist in Boston

d)

trying a new surgery to restore Helen's hearing

8.

When Helen went to the circus in Tuscumbia, the animals ________.

a)

began to howl, roar and bellow

b)

frightened her so badly that she had to leave

c)

were especially gentle with her

d)

seemed to be afraid of her

9.

What role did Miss Sarah Fuller play in Helen's life?

a)

She taught Helen to read Braille books.

b)

She agreed to read to Helen when Teacher's eyes went weak.

c)

She arranged meetings between Helen and other blind girls.

d)

She began to teach Helen how to speak with her mouth.

10.

Helen was the best educated deaf-blind person when she graduated from ________.

a)

Duke

b)

Harvard

c)

Brown

d)

Radcliffe

11.

What way did Helen find to do something useful for the blind and deaf?

a)

She bought Braille books and donated them to public libraries.

b)

She collected donations from wealthy people to build care facilities.

c)

She taught Braille at an institute she founded for the blind and deaf.

d)

She gave speeches about the problems of the blind and the deaf.

12.

What did President Franklin Roosevelt ask Helen to do?

a)

visit men who were wounded in the war

b)

talk to Congress about aid for the blind

c)

establish a national center for deaf children

d)

meet with teachers of blind children

13.

Another word for not being able to speak is ________.

a)

mute

b)

blind

c)

deaf

14.

Helen had temper tantrums because ________.

a)

she was naughty

b)

she liked to hear herself make noise.

c)

she could not communicate

15.

What sense did Helen use the most to find out about her world?

a)

sight

b)

touch

c)

smell

d)

taste

16.

What is Helen's sign for her father? She pretended to _______

a)

make a mustache

b)

put on glasses

c)

spell father

d)

nod her head

17.

Who was the stranger?

a)

Annie Sullivan

b)

Helen's grandma

c)

a neighbor

d)

Santa Claus

18.

What did Annie Sullivan teach Helen to do?

a)

finger spelling

b)

talk

c)

ride a bike

d)

ride a horse

19.

Why didn't Helen's parents stop her from taking food from their plates?

a)

They didn't want to get her plate dirty.

b)

They were all taking food from each other.

c)

They felt sorry for her and didn't want to yell at her.

20.

What did Helen keep taking from other people's plates?

a)

pancake

b)

ice cream

c)

fork

d)

sausage

21.

What did Helen find in Annie's suitcase?

a)

candy

b)

bicycle

c)

doll

d)

a bottle of water

22.

What was the last chance for Helen and Annie?

a)

to go to the garden house and be alone

b)

to go to the zoo

c)

to go to the circus

d)

to go swimming

23.

Helen did not know that words had ________.

a)

shapes

b)

vowels

c)

meaning

24.

The first word that Helen understood was _________.

a)

doll

b)

water

c)

teacher

d)

father

25.

Why did Helen stop fighting with Annie?

a)

She learned self-control.

b)

She was tired.

c)

She didn't stop fighting with Annie.

d)

She fell asleep.

26.

What did Teacher think was an impossible dream for Helen?

a)

to speak with her mouth

b)

to read a book

c)

to go to the circus

27.

How did Helen learn to swim?

a)

She tied a rope to herself and the tree.

b)

She had a lifeguard teach her.

c)

She never learned to swim.

28.

The best and beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the ________.

a)

hands

b)

heart

c)

feet

29.

How old was Helen when the stranger came?

a)

10 years old

b)

6 years old

c)

15 years old

d)

1 year old

30.

Helen wanted to attend Harvard University, but she went to Radcliffe instead because _________________.

a)

her family did not have money to pay for college.

b)

only boys were allowed to go to Harvard.

c)

she was not old enough to go to Harvard.

d)

Harvard was too far away.

31.

Helen Keller died on _____________.

a)

December 23, 2022

b)

June 1, 1968

c)

the first day of school

d)

She did not die.

32.

Annie Sullivan came from _____________.

a)

Harvard University

b)

Perkins Institute

c)

a small town

d)

Illinois

33.

Helen's little sister's name was _____________.

a)

Braille

b)

Mildred

c)

Sarah Fuller

d)

Annie Sullivan

34.

Who taught Helen how to speak with her mouth?

a)

President Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Annie Sullivan

c)

her mother

d)

Miss Sarah Fuller

35.

Who traveled with Helen after Annie Sullivan died?

a)

Polly Thompson

b)

Mrs. Keller

c)

Mr. Keller

d)

her sister