The Story of Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell

What event belongs on the blank line?

• Helen writes an autobiography.
• Helen travels around the world.
• Helen becomes blind and deaf after illness.
• Helen attends and graduates from college.

As a child, Helen Keller screams and breaks dishes and lamps.  This most likely occurs because

• Helen is frustrated due to her inability to communicate with others.
• Helen is discouraged when her parents do not tend to her needs.
• Helen does not want Anne Sullivan as a teacher.
• Helen is angry and want to hurt her parents.

What would not be a reason Bell recommends Anne Sullivan as a teacher for Helen Keller?

• Anne is successful in school.
• Anne is a friend of the family.
• Anne can be a role model for Helen.
• Anne can relate to Helen's disability.

Read this sentence from the report.
Helen died at the age of 87, but her spirit lives on.

What do the words "her spirit lives on" mean in this sentence?

• Helen lives a long life in spite of her disabilities.
• Helen helps others through the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell.
• Helen's book is read by many people both in print and in braille.
• Helen's inspiration continues to influence those who face challenges.

Which sentence from the report shows that Bell's influence continued after his death?

• This invention changed American and the rest of the world.
• During his entire life, Bell's ever-growing curiosity led to explore and experiment with new ideas.
• Because of Bell's influence, Helen dedicated her autobiography to him.
• After 150 years, numerous modern-day inventions can be traced to the work of Alexander Graham Bell.

Read this sentence from the report.
Finally, Bell had found a way to transmit sounds over wire to another location.

In this sentence, the word transmit means

• to hold back information.
• to keep quiet.
• to send.
• to take away sound.

The reader can tell Bell uses the design of the hearing tube to develop the telephone because

• both instruments have disconnected earpieces.
• both instruments use wire to carry sound waves.
• both instruments have hollow tubes to carry and direct sound waves.
• both instruments have funnel-shaped pieces to direct sound waves.

Alexander Graham Bell has a desire to help people.  All of these sentences support this idea except

• From his early years, Bell showed a natural talent for learning and creating.
• Bell studied speech and learned how to teach lip reading from his father, a professor.
• When Bell was 24 years of age, he began teaching at the Boston School of Deaf Mutes.
• Bell's work continues to influence the way deaf people communicate.

Why is the description of the way Bell communicates with his mother important to the report?

• It shows that Bell was happy with the hearing tube which magnified sounds for his mother.
• It shows that Bell was always searching for more effective methods of communicating.
• It suggests that Bell was exploring a way for his mother to talk.
• It demonstrates how to communicate with deaf people.

How does Bell's life impact the life of Helen Keller?

• Bell learns lip reading from his mother.
• Bell's mother recommends Anne Sullivan as a teacher.
• Bell's mother's hearing loss encourages him to experiment with sound.
• Bell's mother encourages him to become a doctor for the hearing impaired.