ASL I Helen Keller Per 2

Question 0

Which of Helen’s senses did she say she would choose if she could have one back?

Answer 0

Hearing so she could speak normally

Question 1

What did Helen say was her greatest sorrow?

Answer 1

Never acquired normal speech

Question 2

How old was Helen when Annie met her?

Answer 2

6 years 8 months

Question 3

When Helen wrote her speeches for her speaking engagements, she would

Answer 3

Type them in Braille

Question 4

When did the first major battle of wills happen between Annie and Helen?

Answer 4

At the breakfast table the first breakfast

Question 5

Helen was born in the year ________

Answer 5

1880

Question 6

What three senses did Helen have left?

Answer 6

Smell, touch, taste

Question 7

When Helen learned to talk she felt the letters ___, ____ with her middle finger.

Answer 7

M, N

Question 8

Why did Helen enjoyed shopping in the city?

Answer 8

Because she liked the vibration on her feet

Question 9

How did Annie and Polly communicate with Helen?

Answer 9

Spelled words in her hand

Question 10

After reading her mail and the morning headlines, Helen goes to her study to work on her research for her books and speeches. She locates the books by

Answer 10

By reading the Braille on the spine of the book

Question 11

Helen became Deaf and Blind at the age of ________

Answer 11

18 months.

Question 12

The Japanese created a shrine in honor of _______________

Answer 12

Annie Sullivan

Question 13

Helen’s favorite mode of communicating with hearing people was

Answer 13

Talking

Question 14

The Braille typewriter has ___ keys, ____ on each side.

Answer 14

6, 3

Question 15

Where did Helen live after Annie got married?

Answer 15

Farmhouse in Massachusetts with Annie and her husband

Question 16

Where did the Keller’s want to put Helen before Annie came

Answer 16

Asylum

Question 16

When Helen would write personal letters she would

Answer 16

Type them herself on a regular typewriter

Question 17

According to the documentary, Helen woke up each day at _______ a.m.

Answer 17

5 o clock am

Question 18

In 1919 Helen went to Hollywood to star in a movie about her life titled “_____”

Answer 18

Deliverance.

Question 19

When Helen’s friends came over she liked to talk about ______ and ________

Answer 19

Politics and world events

Question 20

Annie married a man named ______.

Answer 20

John Macy.

Question 21

What often distracts Helen when she is about her household duties?

Answer 21

The radio vibrations.

Question 22

What year did Helen Keller’s documentary receive an Oscar from the Academy Awards?

Answer 22

1955

Question 23

In 1936 Anne Sullivan died after ____ years of service to Helen

Answer 23

50.

Question 24

How did Anne get Helen’s attention when she first met her?

Answer 24

The dropping of the suitcase on the porch

Question 25

Why did Annie wake up Percy in the middle of the night?

Answer 25

So she could make Helen jealous

Question 26

When Helen learned to talk she felt the letters ___, ____ with her thumb.

Answer 26

G and K

Question 28

When Helen learned to talk she felt the letters ___, ____ with her index finger.

Answer 28

P, B

Question 28

Which President did Helen ask to see?

Answer 28

President Eisenhower

Question 29

Where did Helen dispose of the key after she locked Annie in her room?

Answer 29

She threw it into the well.

Question 30

How old was Annie when she first came to live with the Keller’s?

Answer 30

20

Question 31

According to the documentary what book did Helen read first thing in the morning and last thing at night?

Answer 31

The Bible.

Question 32

What was the name of Helen’s first teacher?

Answer 32

Annie Sullivan

Question 33

When Helen first learned fingerspelling meant words, she asked Annie, “Who are you?” and Annie spelled ______ into her hand

Answer 33

Teacher.

Question 34

After Helen woke up, had breakfast, made her bed, she began her work for the day. This work day started at what time?

Answer 34

8:00 am

Question 35

What words best describes Captain Keller's personality?

Answer 35

strict, firm, controlling, his way or hwy

Question 36

What phrase did Helen repeat over and over to herself when she got stage fright the first time she spoke to a group of people?

Answer 36

What should I do

Question 37

How long was the hand rail along Helen's property where she would take her walk?

Answer 37

1,000 feet

Question 38

Helen said of the opera singers song, “It is beautiful like...”

Answer 38

"like my daily prayer"

Question 39

Where did Annie take Helen away to so she could start teaching her to be dependent on only her?

Answer 39

Hunting house

Question 40

What was Helen's duty with the dishes in the kitchen?

Answer 40

She was suppose to dry the dishes

Question 41

Helen learned to read in how many languages?

Answer 41

5

Question 42

After only ___ lessons, Helen learned to say the sentence “______”

Answer 42

7; I am not dumb now

Question 43

Helen's break through moment came

Answer 43

At the water pump