The Miracle Worker (Act One Quiz)

What does James recommend his family do with Helen?

• Ask Annie Sullivan to come and help
• Take her to another doctor
• Send her to an asylum
• Nothing

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

How do the children at the Perkins Institute feel about Annie Sullivan?

• They are all very fond of her
• Some like her, other do not
• They are happy to see her leave
• Annie did not work with any children at the Perkins Institute

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following characters is the "boy's voice" that talks to Annie?

• Jimmie, her dead brother 
• James Keller
• Anagnos
• Captain Keller

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of the following of Annie's qualities DOES NOT surprise Kate Keller?

• Her youth
• The way she dressed
• Her inexperience
• Her half-blindness

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CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

What does Mr. Anagnos mean when he says that Helen is "like a little safe, locked, that no one can open"?

• Helen frequently steals money from her family
• Helen is worth a lot of money
• Everything Helen wants to say or what she is thinking cannot be expressed
• She is mute because she chooses to be that way

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

All of the following are NEGATIVE traits of Helen's EXCEPT:

• She gets frustrated easily
• She often throws tantrums
• She is very bright
• She is spoiled by her family

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why won't Annie let Helen keep the doll she brought her?

• Helen must learn to spell "doll" first
• Helen is too rough with the doll
• Annie is keeping it from Helen to punish her
• Helen continuously hides the doll

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What conclusion does Captain Keller draw when Annie gets locked into her room?

• Helen behaves badly
• Annie will be unable to help Helen
• Annie has never been someone's house guest before
• He needs to change the locks on Annie's bedroom door

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

All of the following are problems that Annie faces at the end of Act 1 EXCEPT:

• She knows it will be a major challenge teaching Helen
• Captain Keller believes she is inexperienced and not capable of helping Helen
• Kate is unsure of whether or not she can help Helen
• Her eyesight is getting worse

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CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word DEPRIVED: Deprived child, the least she can have are the little things she wants. 

• A gradual increase in loudness
• Dried up, used up, old
• To take something away, to not have something
• Strikingly unusual or odd

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4