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Quiz about William Gibsons The Miracle Worker

William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" Quiz

This quiz is on the play "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson, based on the Helen Keller story.

A multiple-choice quiz by floormatt. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
floormatt

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
106,193

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
489

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. You are on a southbound train that has just left Boston Station. Your attention has been drawn to a young woman with sunglasses holding a doll, who is sitting a few seats ahead of you. You go up to her and ask her what her name is. What does she reply? Hint

Helen

Annie

Katie

Martha

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Question 2 of 10

2. The woman tells you she is going to see the Kellers, and has been hired to teach their daughter who is deaf and blind. Is the woman you are talking to completely blind herself?

Yes

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Question 3 of 10

3. The train stops, and you and the woman get off. You are in Alabama. The woman goes over to talk with a man and another woman. The man's name is _______. Hint

James

Arthur

Percy

Anagnos

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Question 4 of 10

4. She seems surprised at the man's name. She explains that she used to have a _____ with the same name. Hint

Son

Brother

Teacher

Father

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was wrong with Jimmy when he was put in the asylum? Hint

Retarded

Blind

Broken leg

Mute

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Question 6 of 10

6. You go with the three individuals to the Keller homestead. When the woman first starts teaching Helen, she uses sign language. What is the first word she teaches her? Hint

Cake

Key

Ladder

Doll

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Question 7 of 10

7. Uh-oh! Helen has just locked Annie in her room upstairs! Who will bring her down with a ladder? Hint

Captain Keller

Herself

James

Helen

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Question 8 of 10

8. A few days later, Annie takes Helen out to the garden house in the yard. Who else is there with them? Hint

Katie and Arthur

Katie

Percy

Arthur

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Question 9 of 10

9. Two weeks later, Helen says her first words. What does she say? Hint

Wa. Wa.

Ma. Ma.

Ta. Ta.

Da. Da.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who played Helen in the 1962 movie version of this story? Hint

Anne Bancroft

Dale Helen Bethea

Inga Swenson

Patty Duke

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Annie

Her name is Annie Sullivan. She is going to see the Keller family in Alabama and see if she can help them.

2. The woman tells you she is going to see the Kellers, and has been hired to teach their daughter who is deaf and blind. Is the woman you are talking to completely blind herself?

Answer: No

She used to be blind. She has had nine operations to restore her sight, and her sight is still severely impaired, but she is not totally blind.

3. The train stops, and you and the woman get off. You are in Alabama. The woman goes over to talk with a man and another woman. The man's name is _______.

Answer: James

His name is James Keller, Helen's half-brother. The woman, Katie Keller, is Helen's mother.

4. She seems surprised at the man's name. She explains that she used to have a _____ with the same name.

Answer: Brother

Annie's brother, James, died in an asylum for mental defectives.

5. What was wrong with Jimmy when he was put in the asylum?

Answer: Broken leg

Annie was blind at the time, but Jimmy only had a broken leg. They were put there as kids because their mother had died and their dad could not care for them.

6. You go with the three individuals to the Keller homestead. When the woman first starts teaching Helen, she uses sign language. What is the first word she teaches her?

Answer: Doll

7. Uh-oh! Helen has just locked Annie in her room upstairs! Who will bring her down with a ladder?

Answer: Captain Keller

He is practically carrying her down.

8. A few days later, Annie takes Helen out to the garden house in the yard. Who else is there with them?

Answer: Percy

Percy is there to run errands. Annie wants two weeks alone with
Helen to teach her things.

9. Two weeks later, Helen says her first words. What does she say?

Answer: Wa. Wa.

She was trying to refill a water pitcher, when she realizes that water has a name. She says "Wa Wa" but means water.

10. Who played Helen in the 1962 movie version of this story?

Answer: Patty Duke

Anne Bancroft played Annie Sullivan, Inga Swenson played Katie Keller and Dale Helen Bethea played Martha.

Source: Author floormatt

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