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D. Answer the following questions.

1. When was Helen Keller born?

2. When did Anne Sullivan come to meet Hellen Keller?

3. Which word started Helen Keller’s education?

4. How did Helen Keller enjoy music and dance in spite of being unable to see or hear?

5. How did Helen Keller help the other physically challenged people?
6. Who asked Lilli Palmer to bring Helen Keller from the hotel?

7. Why was Lilli embarrassed and stammered?

8. Describe how Helen Keller enjoyed the ride.

9. Where was the luncheon served?

10. How did Helen check her place setting during the luncheon?

E. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

She devised a way to communicate partially with Martha, the six-year-old daughter of the family
cook, who understood her signs. And, by the age of seven, she had over 60 different signs to
communicate. If she wanted bread, she pretended to be cutting a loaf. If she wanted ice cream, she
would hug her shoulders and shiver. Though now she was able to establish some communication
with her family, yet Helen was very frustrated because she couldn’t express many of her thoughts.
This made her very angry and she threw temper tantrums and often became very unruly.

1. Who is “she” referred to here?

2. What was the name of the daughter of the family cook? How old was she?

3. How many signs did Helen Keller learn to communicate by the age of seven?

4. How did Helen communicate for bread and ice cream?

5. Why was Helen Keller frustrated?

Let’s Listen

Your teacher will read out a passage. Listen carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1. Who was Albert Einstein?

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2. When and where was Albert Einstein born?

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