from The Story of My Life - SAVVAS Test

According to the selection from The Story of My Life, how does Keller mainly perceive her surroundings?

• through her sense of hearing

• through her sense of touch

• through her sense of smell

• through her sense of taste

In the selection from The Story of My Life, why does Keller break the new doll that Miss Sullivan gives her?

• She wants to anger Miss Sullivan.

• She wants Miss Sullivan to give her a different doll.

• She does not like the new doll as much as her old rag doll.

• She feels impatient with Miss Sullivan’s attempts to teach her words.

In the selection from The Story of My Life, why does Keller feel pleasure when Miss Sullivan brings her hat to her?

• She loves wearing hats.

• She has learned how to spell “h-a-t.”

• She knows that she will be going outside.

• She enjoys the feeling of the hat on her head.

According to the selection from The Story of My Life, which action directly causes Keller to understand the concept of language?

• walking in the garden with Miss Sullivan to feel the sunshine

• tracing the shapes of letters on her hand and showing her mother

• picking up pieces of a broken doll and trying to put them together

• having water flow over her hand and then learning to spell water

According to the selection from The Story of My Life, how does Keller feel the night following her discovery of language?

• full of joy

• full of despair

• full of anxiety

• full of jealousy

What would a child most likely do to imitate her sister’s behavior?

• tell others about it

• make fun of it

• try to copy it

• ignore it

In order to be accurately called a mystery, what must something be?

• tragic

• joyous

• boring

• puzzling

Which of these situations would most likely present barriers to learning to sing?

• having a sweet-sounding voice

• having a good teacher

• joining a chorus

• being tone-deaf

According to the selection from The Story of My Life, how does Keller at first view Miss Sullivan’s efforts to spell words into her hand?

• as an exchange of information

• as a means of disciplining her

• as an annoying interruption

• as an amusing activity

Part B Which of the following sentences from The Story of My Life best supports the answer to Part A?

• I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it.

• One day, while I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled “d-o-l-l” and tried to make me understand that “d-o-l-l” applied to both.

• Earlier in the day we had had a tussle over the words “m-u-g” and “w-a-t-e-r.”

• I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor.