Chapter - 5
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
A. Short Answers Type Questions
Question 1. Who was Anne Mansfield Sullivan ?
Answer :- Anne Mansfield Sullivan was Helen’s teacher.
Question 2. What was something unusual happening at the narrator’s home ?
Answer :- Helen’s teacher was coming so her mother was hurrying to and from in the house.
Question 3. What was the narrator doing while sitting on the steps ?
Answer :- The narrator was waiting for something happening while sitting on the steps.
Question 4. What was the wordless cry of the narrator soul ?
Answer :- “Light ! Give me Light !” was the wordless cry of the narrator soul.
Question 5. Who had sent the doll for the narrator ?
Answer :- The little blind children at the perkins institution.
Question 6. How did the narrator learn to spell the words ?
Answer :- The Narrator learned to spell the words by imitating her teacher with finger play.
Question 7. Why did the narrator dash the doll upon the floor ?
Answer :- The Narrator was in state of confusion over the words ‘mug’ and ‘water’, so she dashed the doll upon the floor.
Question 8. List the words that the narrator’s made her learn ?
Answer :- Among these words were pen, cup, hat and few words like sit, stand, and walk.
Question 9. What did the narrator learn at the well-house ?
Answer :- The narrator learned that everything had a name.
Question 10. What made the narrator repent and feel sorrowful ?
Answer :- As the narrator had dashed her doll upon the floor, the realization of what she had done made her respent and feel sorrowful.
B. Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Write the theme of the story ‘The Story of My Life’ in your own words.
Answer :- The lesson is based on the idea that nothing is impossible for a person with determination. This idea has been illustrated through the life story of Helen Keller. At the age of nineteen months she become blind, deaf, and dumb. Despite these shortcomings. she learned to read and write. She proved the fact that physical deformities can’t stand in the way of a person who has strong will power.
Question 2. Draw a brief-Character sketch of the narrator. (Helen Keler).
Answer :- Helen Keler was nineteen months old. when she became blind, deaf, and dumb. she did not know what the future held for her. It was the most important day of her life, when Miss Anne Mansfield Sullivan come to narrator a doll, which was present the Perkins Institute. Miss Sullivan spelled the word ‘doll’ into her hand. Helen was not aware of the fact that the teacher was trying to teach her the name of a thing. Helen Keller was a quick learner of things. with the passage of time. she became tender and sentimental.
Question 3. Describe the narrator’s experience with her teacher.
Answer :- Miss Anne Mansfield Sullivan was Helen’s teacher. It was the most important day of her life when her teacher come to her house. Miss Sullivan gave Helen a doll. She spelled the word ‘d-o-l-l’ on her hand. she was not aware of the fact that Miss Sullivan trying to teach their the name of the thing. one day they were walking down the path to the well house. Her teacher placed her hand under the spout of water and spelled the ward ‘water’. Then Helen realized that ‘water’ meant something ‘coal’. She experienced the joy of gaining knowledge.
C. Objective Type Questions
Question 1. Name the author of “The Story of my life”.
Answer :- Helen Keller.
Question 2. At what age did Helen publish her autobiography ?
Answer :- Twenty-two years.
Question 3. When did Anne Sullivan come to teach Helen ?
Answer :- 3rd March 1887.
Question 4.Helen Keller became blind and deaf at the age of _______.
Answer :- 19 months.
5. What was the name of Helen Keller’s teacher ?
Answer :- Anne Mansfield Sullivan.
6. How old was Helen Keller when she met her teacher ?
Answer :- Helen was 6 years and 9 months old.
7. According to Helen Keller, what was “the most important day in all her life” ?
Answer :- The day her teacher Anne Sullivan came to visit her.
8. Which plant covered the porch of Helen Keller’s house ?
Answer :- Honeysuckle.
9. Who sent a doll for Helen Keller ?
Answer :- The blind children of Perkins Institute.
10. Who dressed the doll ?
Answer :- Laura Bridgman.
11. What was the wordless cry of Helen’s soul ?
Answer :- “Light, give me light!”.
12. Name the first words Ms. Sullivan taught Helen.
Answer :- Doll.
13. Which word revealed the mystery of language to Helen?
Answer :- Water.
14. By Which method Helen Keller learnt to spell the words ?
Answer :- Finger-Play method.
15. Braille is a language that helps the blind to read. (True/False)
Answer :- True
16. Helen copied the_____movement of her teacher and made the same word on her mother’s hand.
Answer :- finger.
17. Helen Keller was the _____ deaf and blind person to graduate from college.
Answer :- first.
18. Helen compares her life with a lost ____ before the arrival of her teacher in her life.
Answer :- ship.
19. ______ is a form of lip-reading.
Answer :- Tadoma.
20. At the well-house, the mystery of _____ was revealed to Helen.
Answer :- language.
21. Helen dashed_____on the floor.
Answer :- the doll.
D. Vocabulary Practice
A
1.The pleasant state of feeling lazy and without energy.
2. A very strong feeling of love, hatred, anger etc.
3. The state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen.
4. A feeling of great pleasure.
5. A feeling of great sadness.
6. A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction when you have done something well and admirable.
7. A feeling of lost all hope.
B
Pride
Sorrow
languor
passion
anxiety
despair
delight
Answer :- 1. languor, 2. passion, 3. anxiety, 4. delight, 5. sorrow, 6. pride, 7. despair
2. A list of nouns is given below. Pick out the nouns that are…
(a) Singular
(b) Plural
(c) Used with ‘a pair of…….’
measles, phonetics, pliers, odds, sunglasses, binoculars, goods, news, basics,
Answer :- (a) Singular :- measles, phonetics,news
(b) Plural :- goods, odds, basics
(c) Nouns Used with “A pair of…” :- pliers, sunglasses,binoculars
E. Change the Voice
1.Do not keep bad company.
Answer :- Bad company should not be kept.
2. They will have missed the train.
Answer :- The train will have been missed by them.
3. I Shall not show you my book.
Answer :- My book shall not be shown to you by me.
4. You are to help him.
Answer :- He is to be helped by you.
5. Who invented the gramophone ?
Answer :- By whom was the gramophone invented?
6. I was given your message by him.
Answer :- He gave me your message.
7. Open the door.
Answer :- Let the door be opened.
8. What do you want ?
Answer :- What is wanted by you?
9. The fire will have destroyed the house.
Answer :- The house will have been destroyed by the fire.
10. We ought to love our country.
Answer :- Our country ought to be loved by us.
F. Do as Directed
A. He is slow______(forgive) (fill up the blank with an infinitive)
Answer :- to forgive
B. I am sorry ______ (hear) this. (fill up the blank with an infinitive)
Answer :- to hear
C. Combine the following sentences using an infinitive
i. He collects old stamps even at great expense.
ii. It is his hobby.
Answer :- To collect old stamps even at great expense is his hobby
D. Combine the following into a single sentences
i. I have no aptitude for business.
ii. I must speak out frankly.
Answer :- To speak out frankly, I have no aptitude for business.
E. _______ (Run) water is not always fit for drinking. (fill up the blank with a participle)
Answer :- Running
F. _____ (carry) by the wind, seeds are scattered far and wide (Fill up the blank with a participle)
Answer :- Carried
G. Combine the following sentences using Participle.
i. He was dissatisfied.
ii. He resigned his post.
Answer :- Being dissatisfied, he resigned his post.
H. Combine the following sentences using Participle.
i. We met a girl.
ii. She was Carrying a basket of flowers.
Answer :- We met a girl carrying a basket of flowers.
I. He is fond of ______ (Swim). (fill up the blank with an Gerund)
Answer :- swimming.
G. Do as Directed
A. The news was too good to be true. (Remove ‘too’)
Answer: The news was so good that it could not be true.
B. It is better to starve than beg. (Change the degree of comparison)
Answer: Begging is not so good as starving.
C. At the sight of the police, the thief ran away. (Change into a Complex Sentence)
Answer :- As soon as the thief saw the police, he ran away.
D. You need not fear if you are just . (Change into a Compound Sentence)
Answer: Be just and you need not fear.
E. His Victory is certain. (Use the Adverb form of certain)
Answer: He will certainly achieve victory.
F. i. Delhi is the Capital of India.
ii. It is situated on the banks of river Yamuna
(Combine the two sentences)
Answer:Delhi, the capital of India, is situated on the banks of the river Yamuna.
G. Her daughter is a beautiful as the moon. (Change into Negative sentence)
(Hint: The moon is not more…….)
Answer: The moon is not more beautiful than her daughter.
Read Also :- PSEB Class 12th Chapter 6 Two Gentleman of Verona by A.J. Cronin
