Helen Keller & The Miracle Worker Paired (STAAR)

Which of the following selections best summarizes the subject of the poem?

• Helen Keller struggled with her physical limitations.

• Helen Keller was unlike most women of her time

• Helen Keller's husband had earned a great fortune by the time he died

• Helen Keller's inner strength allowed her to achieve great things.

Lines 1-4 add to the development of the poem mainly by ​ (a)   .

• suggesting that H.K made an incredible achievement
• suggesting that most people never see light
• explaining how H.K regained her eyesight

With which statement below would the speaker of the poem most likely agree?

• It's impossible to know what will happen in the future.

• Practice makes perfect.

• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

• A person's strength comes from their inner willpower

Which sentence best supports that a person's strength comes from their willpower.

• She/ in the dark,/ found light

• Brighter than many ever see

• Through the soul's own mastery

• And now the world receives/ from her dower

What is most closely the meaning of dower as it is used in the passage below?

And now the world receives

From her ​ (a)   :

The message of the strength

Of inner power.

• a gift
• to give
• money inherited by woman after her husbands death

Using RAC response, compare and contrast the two passages.

[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.]

What can the reader infer from the following text?

• The family room contains beautiful furniture

• Helen uses her sense of touch to navigate her surroundings

• The family room is the family's favorite gathering place.

• Helen's favorite person is Viney

Match the following word to its synonym:

• tilts

• vigorously

• certain

• bound

• purposefully

• contemplates

• considers

• deliberately

• strongly

• inclines

Match the following character to their dialogue:

• "Take her out of my hands and it all falls apart."

• Kate Keller

• "Oh, we glad to have you back too, prob'ly"

• James Keller

• "Will you say grace, Jimmie?"

• Annie Sullivan

• "Oh, I should say so, you know my opinion of your pickles-"

• Viney

• "I've always suspected those hens."

• Aunt Ev

Which line from the play best illustrates Annie's efforts to teach Helen?

• "It took us the best part of two weeks and-"

• "And everything she's learned is?"

• "But what's the child done?"

• "I've always suspected those hens."