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Miracle Worker Check

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Kate?

a)

Helen's Teacher

b)

Helen's Mother

c)

Helen's Aunt

2.

What causes Helen's blindness and deafness?

a)

She has a high fever.

b)

She was born blind and deaf.

c)

She had an accident.

3.

Who is Jimmy?

a)

Annie's brother

b)

Helen's brother

c)

Annie's father

4.

Who is Captain Keller?

a)

Captain of a ship

b)

Helen's brother

c)

Helen's father

5.

Who wants to place Helen in an asylum?

a)

Helen's brother, James

b)

Helen's mother, Kate

c)

Helen's father, Keller

6.
Helen Keller was born blind and deaf.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Anne Sullivan was the cousin of Helen Keller.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
After several hours of struggle in the breakfast room, Annie reported the room was a mess but Helen had
a)
set the table
b)
washed the dishes
c)
poured the tea
d)
folded her napkin
9.

How and why did Helen's parents 'indulge' her?

a)

Helen was deaf and blind and they pitied her and didn't know how to reach her.

b)

Helen was too smart for her own good

c)

They were rich and had lots of money

d)

They didn't like James and wanted him to know it

10.

What character trait did Annie and Helen share?

a)

They were both stubborn.

b)

They both had an older brother.

c)

They both were educated.

d)

They both had hearing problems.

11.
How do the children at the Perkins Institute feel about Annie Sullivan?
a)
They are all very fond of her
b)
Some like her, other do not
c)
They are happy to see her leave
d)
Annie did not work with any children at the Perkins Institute
12.
Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word DISARRAY: Annie was in disarray after her long two days of traveling to Tuscumbia. 
a)
A lack of order, a mess
b)
Strikingly unusual or odd
c)
Disrespect, showing a lack of respect for others
d)
To seek as if feeling around with uncertainty 
13.
Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word DEPRIVED: Deprived child, the least she can have are the little things she wants. 
a)
A gradual increase in loudness
b)
Dried up, used up, old
c)
To take something away, to not have something
d)
Strikingly unusual or odd
14.
Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word INCONVENIENCE: I'm sorry to inconvenience you this way Captain Keller. 
a)
Imitate
b)
A climax; highest point
c)
A lack of order; a mess
d)
Cause trouble or difficulty
15.

What can the reader infer from the following text?


[Now in the family room the rear door opens, and HELEN steps in. She stands a moment, then sniffs in one deep grateful breath, and her hands go out vigorously to familiar things, over the door panels, and to the chairs around the table, and over the silverware on the table, until she meets VINEY; she pats her flank approvingly.]


Answer choices for the above question

a)

The family room contains beautiful furniture.

b)

Helen uses her sense of touch to navigate her surroundings.

c)

The family room is the family’s favorite gathering place.

d)

Helen’s favorite person is Viney.

16.
The little girl whom Helen attacked with scissors
a)
Percy
b)
Jimmie
c)
James
d)
Martha
17.
An official at Perkins, a friend of Annie's
a)
James
b)
Percy
c)
Anagnos
d)
Viney
18.

Specifically, what disease did Annie have? (p. 12)

a)

Trachoma

b)

Glaucoma

c)

Scarlet Fever

19.

Anagnos tells Annie, “Nobody expects you to work _________________.” 

(p. 14)

a)

for them forever

b)

miracles

c)

on Sundays

20.

What, at first, surprises Kate about Annie? (p. 27 - 28)

a)

Her age

b)

Her appearance

c)

Both

21.

What are some advantages that Annie says she has over other teachers? (p. 24)

a)

She is young.

b)

She knows what it's like to be blind.

c)

She is well-familiarized with the work of Dr. Howe.

d)

All of the above.

22.
Who had two buttons yanked from her dress?
a)
Aunt Ev
b)
Annie Sullivan
c)
Martha
d)
Kate Keller
23.

Who is Mildred?

a)

Helen's younger sister

b)

The Keller family dog

c)

Helen's older sister

d)

Helen's teacher

24.

Who calls Helen "a little safe, locked, that no one can open"?

a)

Annie

b)

Mr. Anagnos

c)

Keller

d)

Aunt Ev

25.

The children at the school for the blind give Annie a ___________ to take to Helen.

a)

doll

b)

tea set

c)

garnet ring

d)

pair of smoked glasses