the miracle worker
Annie's salary was
$25 per month
this play is set in the
1880's
Kate told Annie that Helen was attempting to speak at _____.
6 months of age
The Kellers lived in
Alabama
Helen's father
Captain
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Commander of the South
first word spelled for Helen
Doll
Who is John L. Sullivan?
Heavyweight boxing champion
Annie Sullivan needed a ladder to get to dinner because
Helen had locked Miss Sullivan in her room
Annie feared returning Helen to the house because _____.
Helen might revert to her old ways
Helen's half brother
James
Annie Sullivan's brother
Jimmy
Helen's mother
Kate
Annie Sullivan's teacher
Mr. Anagnos
On which side did General Pemberton fight?
The South
After the "miracle," another "miracle" happened for Annie when the voices from her past finally disappeared.
True
Helen graduated from Radcliffe
True
exile
a forced separation from one's home
what happened during Helen's miracle
a pitcher of water broke
haymaker
a punch
nincompoop
a stupid person
crone
an ugly old woman
ire
anger
composed
appearing calm
haggard
appearing overworked
the story a person writes about his own life memoirs
autobiography
a written account of a person's life written by someone else; a life history
biography
boon
blessing
After a fever, Helen Keller was handicapped in three ways:
blind deaf mute
imp
brat
compelled
convinced; swayed
contention
disagreement
aversion
dislike
impudence
disrespectfulness
the stage for this play is
divided in two areas
oculist
eye doctor
trepidation
fear
compunction
feeling bad about having done something;
when an author interrupts the story and briefly jumps back in time to tell the reader something that happened in the past
flashback
Annie told James that she considered _________ to be the original sin.
giving up
Thy symbol of Helen's acceptance of Annie's authority as teacher was _____.
handing over the keys
Annie mentions three advantages that she has
her youth her blindness Dr. Howe's work
benign
kind
indolent
lazy
parasol
lightweight umbrella
darning
mending or repairing
Annie taught Percy a new word which Helen did not know. That word was
milk
In her letter Annie wrote, "The more I think the more certain I am that ________ is the gateway through which knowledge enters the mind of the child."
obedience
spinster
old unmarried woman
tyrant
one who has absolute power
serene
peaceful
constitution
physical makeup of a person
ordinary speech or writing; not poetry or verse
prose
nonplussed
puzzled
temperance
self-control
After the breakfast scene, Mr. Keller intended to _____.
send Annie back to Boston
obstinate
stubborn
When they first moved to the garden house, Helen: _____.
stumbled around looking for her mother screamed and tore the room apart when she could not find her mother
acute
sudden and severe
Helen's doll was a gift from
the children at the Perkins Institute
indulge
to allow or permit; to be lenient
disinter
to bring out from being hidden; uncover
relinquish
to let go
flanked
to place something on both sides
mediate
to settle an argument
When Helen wanted her mother, she would
touch her cheek
governess
tutor
interminable
unending
At that early age, Helen would say "_____."
wahwah
laments
wails
Anne Sullivan
was Helen's primary teacher
The word which finally opened the door to meaning for Helen was
water
