William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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? Helen Annie Katie Martha

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 blind herself? Yes No

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 _______. James Arthur Percy Anagnos

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

5. What was wrong with Jimmy when he was put in the asylum? Blind Broken leg Mute Retarded

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? Key Cake Doll Ladder

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

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

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

10. Who played Helen in the 1962 movie version of this story? Anne Bancroft Dale Helen Bethea Inga Swenson Patty Duke