BBA II Semester.(MIL) The Story of My Life by Helen Keller This Question Bank consists of 195 questions (1marks and 2marks) from 23 chapters of the novel. Chapter 10 onwards there are questions with answers. Chapter I 1. When did Helen contracted a disease? 2. Where did Helen meet Anne Sullivan? 3. What helped Helen to speak, read and write? 4. When did Helen write this memoire? 5. Who was Helen Keller? 6. When and where did Helen born? 7. To which family did Helen’s family belonged? 8. Who wrote a book on the subject of deaf education? 9. Who was Casper Keller’s son? 10. Where did Helen’s grandfather settle? 11. What gives the charming and vivid accounts of the trips? 12. Who was Helen’s grandfather? 13. Who was the colonial Governor of Virginia? 14. Who was the father of Helen? 15. Who was Helen’s mother? 16. Who was Benjamin Adams? 17. Whom did Benjamin Adams marry? 18. Who was the son of Benjamin Adams and Sussana Goodhue? Where did they live? 19. Who became the Brigadier General after the Civil war? 20. Whom did Charles Adams Marry? 21. Where did the Everette’s move after the Civil war? 22. When did Helen’s father build a house? 23. Why was the Keller’s homestead called “Ivy Green”? 24. Why were the flowers called butterfly lilies? 25. who says the words “I Came, I Saw , I conquered”? 26.What name did Helen’s father suggest for the child? 27.What did Helen’s mother name the child as? 28.Why was the child named as Helen Adams instead of Helen Everette? 29.What words does Helen remember saying after her illness? 30. When did Helen learn to walk? 31.When did the illness came to Helen? 32.What did the doctors call the illness as? 33. What happened to Helen after the fever left? 34. Who set the spirit free for Helen? ChapterII 1.When did Helen learn to fold and put away clothes? 2.How did Helen attire herself and present before the guests? 3.What is the name of her nurse? 4.Who were Helen’s constant companions? 5. What was Helen’s greatest delights? 6. How did Helen convey Martha that she wanted to go for egg hunt? 7. What were the unfailing sources of interest for Martha and Helen? 8. What did Helen enjoy during Christmas? 9. What is the name of the old nurse of Helen? 10. Which naughty prank of Helen convinced her parents that she should be taught? 11. How did Miss Sullivan came out after she was locked by Helen? 12. What did Helen’s family consists of? 13. What was Helen’s earliest distinct recollection of her father? 14. What things did Helen’s father loved? 15. What did Helen’s father spell in her hand? 16. When did Helen hear about the death of her father? 17. Whom does Helen call as intruder? 18. What was the name of much abused doll of Helen? 19. What did Helen do with the sleeping child in the cradle? Chapter III. 1. What was the only ray of hope foe Helen’s mother? 2. Who was Dr.Howe? 3. What did a lady in the train give to Helen? 4. Who made doll out of towel? 5. Who received Helen and her parents at Baltimore? 6. Where did Dr. Bell stay? 7. What advice did Dr. Bell give to Helen’s father? 8. When did the letter from Mr.Anagnos came? 9. What voice did Helen hear from the sacred mountain? Chapter IV 1.When did Anne Sullivan came to Helen’s home? 2. How was the life of Helen before getting education? 3. What was the wordless cry of Helen’s soul? 4. Who had sent the doll for Helen? 5. Name some words that Helen learnt after Anne Sullivan’s arrival. 6.What was Helen’s first felt repentance and sorrow? Chapter V 1. When did Helen had her first lessons in the beneficence of nature? 2.Which tree finally overcame Helen’s fear about trees and nature? Chapter VI 1. How did Anne Sullivan taught the word “Love” to Helen? 2. What was Helen’s perception of idea about “Think”? 3. What was the beautiful truth which burst upon Helen’s mind? 4.What ideas are denied to the deaf child compared to normal child? Chapter VII 1. What is ‘Readers for Beginers’? 2. What was Helen’s favorite haunt? 3. What was Helen’s favorite walk? 4. Where did Helen learn geography? 5.Which subject did Helen did not like? 6.What is “The Chambered Nautilus ”? 7. What is the symbolical reference of shell building process of Mollusks? 8. “Any teacher can take a child to the class room but not every teacher can make him/her learn” who makes this statement? Chapter VIII 1. Who had invited Helen for the Christmas Eve? 2. What did Helen’s teacher present her? 3. What is the name of Helen’s pet? 4. What had happened to Tim when Helen returned with water? Chapter IX 1. When did Helen visit Boston? 2. Who taught in Perkins institution? 3. What was the “Second Sight” according to Helen? 4. Name the places that Helen visited in Boston. 5. Where did Helen have her first lessons in History? 6. What was Helen’s first trip on the ocean? 7. Why did Helen began to cry in a steamboat? 8. What was embossed on Plymouth rock? 9. Name Helen’s friends in Boston. 10. Where did Mr. Endicott’s family live? 11. Name the pets of Mr. Endicott. 12. Why did Helen calls Boston as the “City of Kind Hearts”? Chapter X 1. Which book did Helen read about oceans?—Our World 2. What strange thing did Miss Sullivan capture for Helen in the sea?— Horseshoe Crab 3. Where did Helen spend her summer vacations? ---Brewster Cape Cod 4. Who was Helen’s friend at Brewster? ---Mrs.Hopkins Chapter XI 1. Where did Helen spend her autumn months? ---In Southern home 2. What was the name of the summer cottage?—Fern Quarry 3. What was the name of the pony? ---Black beauty 4. What was the goodnight shout of the visitors? ---Tomorrow to the chase!! Chapter XII 1. After her first visit to Boston where did Helen spend her every winter? ---In the North 2. What was Helen’s favorite amusement in winter? --- Tobogganing Chapter XIII 1. When did Helen learn to speak? ---In 1890 2. When did the real break down came on Helen? -- When she heard the story of Ragnhild Kata 3. Who was Mrs.Lamson?—Laura Bridgman’s teacher 4. Who was Ragnhild Kata ? She was a deaf and blind girl in Norway who had actually been taught to speak. 5. Who was Principal of Horace Mann’s school? ---Miss Sarah Fuller 6. From when did Miss Fuller began to teach Helen? --- 26 March 1890 7. How many lessons did Miss Fuller give to Helen? ---11 lessons 8. Name 6 elements did Helen learn in an hour from Fuller? ---M, P, A, S, T, I. 9. Which was the first connected sentence of Helen?---‘ It is warm’. 10. What was Isaah’s prophesy? ---“The mountains and hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands”. Chapter XIV 1. Which story creates doubts, anxiety, fear in Helen?---“The Frost King” 2. To whom did Helen send the story? ---Mr Anagnos. 3. When did she write the story “The Frost King”? ---When she was at home. 4. Who is Miss Margaret T Canby? ---Author of “The Frost Fairies” 5. Who had the hard copy of the book “The Frost Fairies”? – 6. What did Miss Canby write to Helen? ---“Someday you will write a great story of your own head, that will be a comfort to many”. 7. Where did Helen publish her story? ---In Ladies’ Home Journal 8. How many people were there in the court of investigation? ---8 members Chapter XV 1. What thought tormented Helen? ---The thought that what she writes might not be absolutely her own tormented Helen. 2. When did Helen visit Niagara? –1893 3. Why did Sullivan advised Helen to write for the ‘Youth Companion’?—to restore her self- confidence. 4. When did Miss Sullivan and Helen visit the ‘World Fair’?—1893 5. What wonders did Helen see in the world fair? —Marvels of inventions, treasures of industry and skill, all the activities of life. 6. What seemed like ‘Arabian Nights’? ---Midway Plaisance 7. What did Helen find in Midway Plaisance? ---She found the India of her books with its Shivas and Elephant gods, the land of pyramids, mosques and processions of camels. 8. Who was the president of the world fair? ---Mr Hingin botham 9. Where did Helen learn about the process of mining diamonds? --At Cape of Good Hope Exhibit. 10. Who accompanied Helen and Miss Sullivan in World fair?---Dr Alexander Graham Bell. 11. How long did they remain at fair?—Three weeks. Chapter XVI 1. Name the subjects Helen studied---Histories of Greece, Rome and United States. 2. Name the French books she read---La Fontaine’s ‘Fables’ ,Le Medecin Malgre Lui, and Passages from ‘Athalic’. 3. Where did Mr William Wade’s family live? –In Hulton, Pennsylvania. 4. Who taught latin to Helen? ---Mr. Irons 5. What did Mr Iron read with Helen? --- Tennyson’s “In Memmorium” Chapter XVII 1. Why did Helen attend meeting at Chautanqwa? -- Helen attended meeting at Chautanqwa of American Association to promote the teaching of speech to the deaf.