Q 01/05

In which state was Helen Keller born in 1880?

A) Mississippi

B) Tennessee

C) Georgia

D) Alabama

Answer · why

D) Alabama

Her birthplace in Tuscumbia is now a house museum that hosts an annual Helen Keller Day.

Q 02/05

How old was Keller when an illness left her deaf and blind?

A) Newborn

B) 3 years

C) 5 years

D) 19 months

Answer · why

D) 19 months

Modern doctors think it may have been meningitis, rubella or scarlet fever.

Q 03/05

Which two senses did Keller lose as a toddler?

A) Sight and hearing

B) Taste and smell

C) Hearing and touch

D) Sight and smell

Answer · why

A) Sight and hearing

She communicated with home signs until she was seven, when her teacher arrived.

Q 04/05

Keller was the first deafblind person in the United States to do what?

A) Earn a college degree

B) Vote in an election

C) Publish a book

D) Address Congress

Answer · why

A) Earn a college degree

She graduated in 1904 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Q 05/05

What was the name of the Keller family homestead where Helen was born?

A) Rose Cottage

B) Magnolia Hill

C) Ivy Green

D) Cedar Grove

Answer · why

C) Ivy Green

Her grandfather built the main house in 1820; the pump between it and the birthplace cottage is still there.