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| setting | 1880's; Keller homestead in Tuscumbia, Alabama and briefly at the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston |
| Kate Keller | Helen's young mother who dotes on Helen |
| What did the doctor call Helen's illness that made her blind and deaf? | acute congestion of the stomach and brain |
| Who recognizes first that Helen can neither hear or see? | her mother, Kate |
| Percy | one of the negro chilcren who plays with Helen; he bites her fingers when she puts them into Percy's mouth |
| Martha | on of the negro children who does not like it when Percy laughs at Helen who can't hear or speak or see |
| Who was on top of Martha, sending her off crying? | Helen was trying to cut Martha's hair and was digging at Martha's eyes. |
| Captain Keller | He was Helen's elderly father who does not think there can be any help for Helen. |
| What did Captain Keller say when Kate wants to contact Dr. Chisholm, the famous oculist in baltimore. | He tells her that he didn't see any point because he has stopped believing in wonders. |
| Who does Captain Keller think they should be paying attention to instead of Helen? | Mildred, Helen's sister |
| What did Aunt Ev say about Helen? | She has more sense than all these men Kellers, if there's ever any way to reach that mind of hers. |
| What does Captain Keller want to do about Helen? | He wants to contain her and says that it's not safe to let her run around loose. |
| What does Kate realize about Helen? | Kate realizes that Helen wants to talk and be live her mother and father. |
| What does Aunt Ev say about he doctor in Baltimomre? | She says that she has a mind to take Helen to Baltimore and if that doctor doesn't know what to do, then maybe he will know of a doctor that does know what to do. |
| Dr. Anagnos | He recommends tht Anne Sullivan go to the Keller's home to teach Helen |
| Anne Sullivan | a girl of about 20 who is recommended to teach Helen |
| What did Dr Anagnos warn Anne about Helen? | Helen is given to much tantrums. |
| How much is Anne Sullivan to be paid a Month for teaching Helen? | $25 a month |
| What did the children from Boston send with Anne for Helen? | an elegant doll with movable eyelids and a momma sound |
| What do Captain Keller, Kate and Viney give Helen that shows taht they spoil her? | a peppermint and a tea-cake and stick candy |
| What does Annie say to the family after working with Helen? | Don't interfere! I treat her (Helen) like a seeing child because I ask her to see, I expect her to see, don't undo what I do! |
| What Does Annie spell into Helen's hand as she put Helen's hand under the water pump? | w-a-t-e-r |
| What does Annie explain to the Kellers about teaching Helen? | It's bound to be painful, to everyone. I know it hurts to watch, but she'll live up to just what you demand of her, and no more. |
| What does Annie realize is a lie that Helen must learn to face?? | The world isn't an easy place for anyone, and Anne doesn't want her just to obey but to let her have her way in everything is a lie. |
| Why does Anne Sullivan want to control Helen's food out in the Garden House? | Anne wants control of the food to help control Helen's behavior and help her learn. |
| Who is going to help Anne while she has Helen in the garden house? | Percy |
| Why is it important for Captain Keller to take Helen for a long ride in the country before Helen is left with Anne in the Garden House? | This is important so that Helen will not recognize where she is and just run to the main house. |
| How long does Captain Keller give Anne with Helen in the Garden House to teach her? | just 2 weeks |
| "I didn't come here for money! I came here for love!" | Anne Sulivan |
| "Do you like the child?" | Captain Keller |
| Captain Keller says: | "Teaching a dog to spell. The dog doesn't know what she means, any more than she knows what you mean, Miss Sullivan. I think you ask too much, of her and yourself. God may not have meant Helen to have the eyes you speak of." |
| "I, love, Helen." | Anne says this at the end of the play. |
| "You won't open her. Why can't you let her be? Have some - pity on her, for being what she is-?" | James said this to Anne. |
| James Keller | Captain Keller's son by another woman who is dead. |
| Captain Keller said: | Miss Sullivan! You would have more understanding of your pupil if you had some pity in you." |
| Who locked Anne Sullivan in her room and hid the key? | Helen Keller |
| How did they get Anne out of the locked room? | Mr. Keller had to climb a ladder to the second floor window |
| "The greatest problem, I have, is, how, to, discipline, her, without, breaking, her spirit." | Anne Sullivan said this about Helen. |
| w - a - t - e - r | wah wah |
| "I worry about you, Miss Annie. You must rest/" | Kate Keller said this to Anne. |
