Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. Meanwhile the desire to express myself grew. The few signs I used became less and less adequate, and my failures to make myself understood were invariably followed by outbursts of passion. I felt as if invisible hands were holding me, and I made frantic efforts to free myself. I struggled—not that struggling helped matters, but the spirit of resistance was strong within me; I generally broke down in tears and physical exhaustion. If my mother happened to be near I crept into her arms, too miserable even to remember the cause of the tempest. After awhile the need of some means of communication became so urgent that these outbursts occurred daily, sometimes hourly.

My parents were deeply grieved and perplexed. We lived a long way from any school for the blind or the deaf, and it seemed unlikely that any one would come to such an out-of-the-way place as Tuscumbia to teach a child who was both deaf and blind. Indeed, my friends and relatives sometimes doubted whether I could be taught. My mother's only ray of hope came from Dickens's "American Notes." She had read his account of Laura Bridgman, and remembered vaguely that she was deaf and blind, yet had been educated. But she also remembered with a hopeless pang that Dr. Howe, who had discovered the way to teach the deaf and blind, had been dead many years. His methods had probably died with him; and if they had not, how was a little girl in a far-off town in Alabama to receive the benefit of them?

Which answer choice is the best summary of the excerpt?

Which excerpt from langston hughes's poem "madam and the rent man" best demonstrates the speaker's determination?

Usatestprep 1) how might an article with the same information as this passage be used for a different purpose by a different author? a) the author of the new article might be celebrating the great variety and richness of the english language. b) the author of the new article might be demonstrating how travel affects the integration of new words into a language. c) the author of the new article might be trying to educate readers about how many foreign words are in the english language. d) the author of the new article might be arguing that the english language is being corrupted by the influence of foreign languages. reactivate 2) from steal this book, by abbie hoffman pay phones you can make a local 10 cent call for 2 cents by spitting on the pennies and dropping them in the nickel slot. as soon as they are about to hit the trigger mechanism, bang the coin-return button. another way is to spin the pennies counter-clockwise into the nickel slot. hold the penny in the slot with your finger and snap it spinning with a key or other flat object. both systems take a certain knack, but once you've perfected the technique, you'll always have it in your survival kit. if two cents is too much, how about a call for 1 penny? cut a 1/4 strip off the telephone book cover. insert the cardboard strip into the dime slot as far as it will go. drop a penny in the nickel slot until it catches in the mechanism (spinning will ). then slowly pull the strip out until you hear the dial tone. in the first paragraph of "steal this book," the term "technique" can best be defined as a) style of clothing b) necessary routine c) emotional control d) method of movement 3) which word or phrase from this article would a reader most likely be able to define without knowing the language from which it derived? a) parka b) regatta c) flamenco d) bon chance 4) which of these is true about the phrase bon chance? a) it means “good luck.” b) it means “boat race.” c) it comes from germany. d) it comes from england. 5) from steal this book, by abbie hoffman pay phones you can make a local 10 cent call for 2 cents by spitting on the pennies and dropping them in the nickel slot. as soon as they are about to hit the trigger mechanism, bang the coin-return button. another way is to spin the pennies counter-clockwise into the nickel slot. hold the penny in the slot with your finger and snap it spinning with a key or other flat object. both systems take a certain knack, but once you've perfected the technique, you'll always have it in your survival kit. if two cents is too much, how about a call for 1 penny? cut a 1/4 strip off the telephone book cover. insert the cardboard strip into the dime slot as far as it will go. drop a penny in the nickel slot until it catches in the mechanism (spinning will ). then slowly pull the strip out until you hear the dial tone. the tricks discussed in this passage from steal this book would not be of any if a) you have no dimes, only pennies. b) you have no pennies, only quarters. c) you have only two pennies. d) you have only one penny. 6)

Subject; language arts; which shows explicitly that jean wished she could live in america? ; options: .1 jean saying she lives on the wrong side of the globe .2 jean thinking it isn't fair that she could never be president 3. jean stating she wished she lived with her grandmother in america 4.jean wishing she went to school with other americans