WorksheetsHelen Keller
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
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1.
According to the text, "Helen Keller: Going to College", why wasn't Helen Keller able to go to Harvard?
a)
She was blind
b)
She was deaf
c)
She wasn't very intelligent
d)
She was a woman.
2.
According to the text, "Helen Keller: Going to College", what were some of the obstacles people said Keller would face if she went to college?
a)
"You have no books."
b)
"You cannot hear lectures."
c)
"You cannot make notes."
d)
All of the above.
3.
According to the text, "Helen Keller: Going to College", what was a stereotype of people with disabilities?
a)
They weren't intelligent enough to go to college.
b)
They should go to their own special colleges.
c)
They wouldn't be able to handle the hectic schedule of a college student.
d)
It was too dangerous to have them attend college.
4.
According to the selection from The Story of My Life, how does Keller mainly perceive her surroundings?
a)
through her sense of hearing
b)
through her sense of touch
c)
through her sense of smell
d)
through her sense of taste
5.
In the selection from The Story of My Life, why does Keller break the new doll that Miss Sullivan gives her?
a)
She wants to anger Miss Sullivan.
b)
She wants Miss Sullivan to give her a different doll.
c)
She does not like the new doll as much as her old rag doll.
d)
She feels impatient with Miss Sullivan's attempts to teach her words.
6.
In the selection from The Story of My Life, why does Keller feel pleasure when Miss Sullivan brings her hat to her?
a)
She loves wearing hats.
b)
She has learned how to spell "h-a-t."
c)
She knows that she will be going outside.
d)
She enjoys the feeling of the hat on her head.
7.
From The Story of My Life, which action directly causes Keller to understand the concept of language?
a)
Walking in the garden with Miss Sullivan to feel the sunshine.
b)
Tracing her fingers along Miss Sullivan's face.
c)
Picking up pieces of a broken doll and trying to put them together
d)
Having water flow over her hand and then learning to spell water
8.
According to the selection from The Story of My Life, how does Keller feel the night following her discovery of language?
a)
Full of joy
b)
Full of jealousy
c)
Full of despair
d)
Full of anxiety
9.
From The Story of My Life, how does Keller at first view Miss Sullivan's efforts to spell words into her hand?
a)
As an exchange of information
b)
As a means of disciplining her
c)
As an annoying interruption
d)
As an amusing activity
10.
Which of the following sentences from The Story of My Life best supports the answer to the previous question?
a)
I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it.
b)
Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll in my lap & tried to make me understand.
c)
Earlier in the day we had had a tussle over the words "mug" and "water."
d)
I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll.
11.
From The Story of My Life, what personal quality is most responsible for Keller’s success in learning to use words?
a)
Enthusiasm
b)
Compassion
c)
Impatience
d)
Humor
12.
Which of the following excerpts from The Story of My Life best supports the previous answer?
a)
I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed.
b)
Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that "m-u-g" is mug.
c)
As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled the word water.
d)
I left the well-house eager to learn. Everything had a name.
13.
From The Story of My Life, Keller begins to learn to communicate. What "strange, new sight" comes to her then?
a)
She feels love for the very first time in her life.
b)
She realizes that she is able to see with eyeglasses.
c)
She discovers that she can picture objects in her mind.
d)
She understands that everything has a name and has value.
14.
How do readers know the selection from The Story of My Life is written using the first-person point of view?
a)
Keller is the narrator.
b)
The narrator is unknown.
c)
The narrator is untrustworthy.
d)
Keller's teacher is the narrator.
15.
Which of the following choices best states Keller’s two purposes for writing the selection from The Story of My Life?
a)
1. To entertain readers. 2. To persuade them to help blind people.
b)
1. To inform readers about an important event. 2. To express her emotions.
c)
1. To inform readers about the qualities of a good teacher. 2. To reflect.
d)
1. To persuade readers to help deaf children 2. To describe a deaf child's life.
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