The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

What is the title of Helen Keller’s autobiography?

• The Challenges of Language

• The Challenges that you Face

• The Story of My Life

• The Challenges of Being Blind and Mute

What type of (genre) is Helen Keller’s “The Story of My Life.”

• poetry

• biography

• realistic fiction

• autobiography

What was wrong with Helen Keller when she became ill? (choose only 2 choices)

• she couldn’t crawl

• she couldn’t see

• she couldn’t hear

• she couldn’t walk

Who was Helen Keller’s teacher?

• Anne Sullivan

• Ashley Wolff

• Hazel Kinscella

• Gary Soto

According to “The Story of My Life,” how does Helen adapt to her surroundings?

• taste

• touch

• hearing

• sight

Why did Helen break the doll that Miss Sullivan had given her?

• she wanted to make Miss Sullivan angry, because she did not want to learn.

• she wanted a different doll

• she liked her rag doll better

• she felt impatient with learning the lessons that she did not understand.

Which of the following statements best describes Helen Keller's purpose for writing her story?

• to entertain readers with details based on her personal experience.

• to inform readers about an important event in her life and express or persuade readers about her illness.

• to express or persuade readers about emotions of her illness.

• to persuade readers to help deaf children by providing proper education.

In her autobiography, in paragraph 1, Helen Keller says that the most important day of her life was the day she

• learned how to spell m-u-g

• met her new teacher
• smelled honeysuckle

• learned how to spell w-a-t-e-r

The first word that Helen understood was

• doll

• water

• reveal

• mug

What does uncomprehending mean?

• not working

• not helping

• not moving

• not understanding