The Miracle Worker Test

Which character rides the train to Alabama holding a doll and wearing sunglasses?

Annie’s flashbacks help us understand her inner conflict

James says to Annie, “If it takes all evening general.” This is what literary device?

Loves Helen but doesn’t know how to care for her.

Frustrated by the fact that she can’t communicate.

Exposition is where the author introduces characters, setting, and conflict.

What is the first word Annie teaches Helen?

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

Which male character picks Annie up from the train station?

Rising Action is any action that builds toward the climax.

Who threw the key down the well?

Captain Keller is worried that Annie is young and inexperienced.

Who is the protagonist of the play?

Resolution is the most intense moment, the turning point.

Why does James's name seem to surprise Annie? It reminds her of...

What action by Helen started an argument at the Keller dinner table?

Annie takes Helen to live out in the garden house in the yard. Who else is there with them?

Annie got Helen to fold her own napkin.

Helen’s most important discovery happens at:

Helen’s sign for “mother” is when she touches her cheek.

Who slept in the garden house with Annie and Helen?

It was Captain Keller’s idea for Annie and Helen to use the garden house.

Who finally stood up to his father?

Annie has several flashbacks during the play. What is she remembering?

Helen spells “teacher” to her mother and gives Annie the key.

Is Annie blind?

Which character compared Helen to a little locked safe?

The climax always occurs exactly in the middle of the story.

Who was dumped out of her cradle?

Which character is the Keller's household servant?

Annie says that she loves Helen and they embrace.

Who learned the alphabet so she could talk to Helen?

Doesn’t want to keep trying to find doctors and cures for Helen.

Helen realizes the meaning of the word “water” when Annie makes her refill the pitcher.

References to the Battle of Vicksburg and General Lee are examples of what literary device?

Whose dress does Helen pull the buttons from for her doll's eyes?

Who carried Annie down the ladder?

“Obedience without understanding is blindness too.” This statement would apply to:

Annie tells the family to leave and struggles to teach Helen table manners at breakfast.

Helen was born deaf and blind.

When Helen takes the house keys from Katie and gives them to Annie, this signifies that:

Many of Helen’s behavior problems are actually reinforced by:

What reasons did Annie give to Katie for being hired?

James finally resolves his conflict with his father when he:

Who wore smoked glasses to protect her eyes?

Kate, Captain Keller, and the doctor discuss Helen’s fever and recovery.