ASL 2 Semester 2 Exam Review
Questions and Answers
How was Mary Jean Philip's family environment? - ANS-her parents taught her and her
sisters to be independent and to think for themselves. She was surrounded by Deaf
culture, and had ASL her whole life
What was Philip's education background? - ANS-she went to the American School for
the Deaf, founded by Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet
What was significant about Philip attending Oberlin College? - ANS-her family and
friends were surprised that she was going to Oberlin College because she had no
interpreter and it was a hearing school
Background of Annie Sullivan: - ANS-- her family ad very little money and could not take
care of her
- when she was 10, she was sent to live in a home for poor people
- at 14, she was sent to Perkins to be as a teacher
After Keller leaning water, how many words did she learn that day? - ANS-Helen
learned 30 more words
How did Keller water? - ANS-- Annie held her hand under a water pump
- While signing WATER into her hand
Did Keller learn signs or fingerspelling? - ANS-fingerspelling
When did Keller leave home for the first time? - ANS-in 1888
What school did Keller go to at the age of 13? - ANS-Wright- Humason School for the
Deaf
How did Keller learn all the material? - ANS-Annie read everything and signed what she
read into Helen's hand
When did Keller graduate from Radcliffe College? She was the first what? - ANS-first
deaf and blind person to graduate college, she graduated from Radcliffe college in 1904
Helen joined the what movement? - ANS-suffragist
, Helen became an ambassador for what? - ANS-American Foundation for the Blind
(AFB)
In what year did Annie die? Who became her new primary companion? - ANS-1936;
Polly Thomson
What did Helen receive an academy award for? Year> - ANS-in 1995, Helen Keller In
Her Story
Polly died in? - ANS-1961
Until Helen's death in? she what? - ANS-1968; lived at Arcan Ridge, she died in her
sleep
Personal Pronouns: - ANS-you, I, me, he, she, it, we, you're
- index finger
Possessive Adjectives: - ANS-your, mine, my, hers, his, theirs, ours
- open B
November: - ANS-Nov
June: - ANS-June
August: - ANS-Aug
January: - ANS-Jan
May: - ANS-May
September: - ANS-Sept
Missouri: - ANS-MO
Oklahoma: - ANS-OKLA
Texas: - ANS-sign
Florida: - ANS-FLA
Kanas: - ANS-Kan
New Jersey: - ANS-NJ
Ohio: - ANS-OHIO
Questions and Answers
How was Mary Jean Philip's family environment? - ANS-her parents taught her and her
sisters to be independent and to think for themselves. She was surrounded by Deaf
culture, and had ASL her whole life
What was Philip's education background? - ANS-she went to the American School for
the Deaf, founded by Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet
What was significant about Philip attending Oberlin College? - ANS-her family and
friends were surprised that she was going to Oberlin College because she had no
interpreter and it was a hearing school
Background of Annie Sullivan: - ANS-- her family ad very little money and could not take
care of her
- when she was 10, she was sent to live in a home for poor people
- at 14, she was sent to Perkins to be as a teacher
After Keller leaning water, how many words did she learn that day? - ANS-Helen
learned 30 more words
How did Keller water? - ANS-- Annie held her hand under a water pump
- While signing WATER into her hand
Did Keller learn signs or fingerspelling? - ANS-fingerspelling
When did Keller leave home for the first time? - ANS-in 1888
What school did Keller go to at the age of 13? - ANS-Wright- Humason School for the
Deaf
How did Keller learn all the material? - ANS-Annie read everything and signed what she
read into Helen's hand
When did Keller graduate from Radcliffe College? She was the first what? - ANS-first
deaf and blind person to graduate college, she graduated from Radcliffe college in 1904
Helen joined the what movement? - ANS-suffragist
, Helen became an ambassador for what? - ANS-American Foundation for the Blind
(AFB)
In what year did Annie die? Who became her new primary companion? - ANS-1936;
Polly Thomson
What did Helen receive an academy award for? Year> - ANS-in 1995, Helen Keller In
Her Story
Polly died in? - ANS-1961
Until Helen's death in? she what? - ANS-1968; lived at Arcan Ridge, she died in her
sleep
Personal Pronouns: - ANS-you, I, me, he, she, it, we, you're
- index finger
Possessive Adjectives: - ANS-your, mine, my, hers, his, theirs, ours
- open B
November: - ANS-Nov
June: - ANS-June
August: - ANS-Aug
January: - ANS-Jan
May: - ANS-May
September: - ANS-Sept
Missouri: - ANS-MO
Oklahoma: - ANS-OKLA
Texas: - ANS-sign
Florida: - ANS-FLA
Kanas: - ANS-Kan
New Jersey: - ANS-NJ
Ohio: - ANS-OHIO
