The Story of My Life (StudySync)

Which of the following words best describes what Helen feels toward Miss Sullivan?

• sympathy

• anger

• love

• jealousy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Paragraphs 2-9 of “The Story of My Life” are told in the tense, from a(n) point of view.

(HINT: It's an AUTObiography)

• past; limited third-person

• present; first-person

• present; omniscient third-person

• past; first-person

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which sentence most strongly expresses Helen’s feelings before she could understand language?

• “Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.”

• “As we returned to the house every object which I touched seemed to quiver with life.”

• “The most important day in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me.”

• “I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following words best describes Helen’s teacher?

• outgoing

• dedicated

• frustrated

• strict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following statements best explains why Helen felt happy at the end of this excerpt?

• She was going out into the warm sunshine.

• She learned the meaning of the word ‘doll’.

• The language she was learning helped her make sense of the world.

• She didn’t like the big rag doll and she was glad it was broken.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to question 5?

(Why was Helen happy at the end of the excerpt)

• “I learned a great many new words that day.”

• “I do not remember what they all were; but I do know that mother, father, sister, teacher were among them—words that were to make the world blossom for me, like ‘Aaron’s rod, with flowers.’”

• “This thought, if a wordless sensation may be called a thought, made me hop and skip with pleasure.”
  

• “Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.”
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is mainly the significance of ‘water’ in the excerpt?

• Water represents the bitter relationship between Helen and Miss Sullivan.
  

• The word “water” confuses Helen.
  

• Helen is thirsty, so her teacher helps her get water from the well-house.
  

• Water is the first thing that teaches Helen that everything has a name.
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to question 7?

(What was the significance of water?)

• “Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under the spout.”
  

• “I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers.”
  

• “Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness of something forgotten—a thrill of returning thought, and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me.”
  

• “Miss Sullivan had continued to impress upon me that “m-u-g” is mug and that “w-a-t-e-r” is water but I persisted in confounding the two.”
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Order these events as they take place in the story:

• Helen seizes the doll and throws it to the ground.

• Helen expects that something unusual is about to happen.

• Helen meets Miss Sullivan.

• Helen learns the meaning of the word “water.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which meaning of barrier most closely matches its meaning in the following excerpt?

… Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten--a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "w-a-t-e-r" meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.

• noun: a natural bar or obstacle, such as a mountain
  

• noun: something built to block passage, such as a fence
  

• noun: something that prevents people from understanding each other or being together
  

• noun: a gate in some railway stations through which you must go to board a train

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4