The Bishop’s Co- Ed School, Kalyani Nagar, Pune

Class : 8
Subject : English Literature
Worksheet : 5
Lesson 3 : Light in the Dark
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Note: Answers to these questions must be written in the English Literature
notebook.
Question: 1
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed; I was
simply making my fingers go in monkey–like imitation.
a] Who does “I” refer to? Why does she mention “monkey–like imitation”?
b] How was Helen Keller’s life before she met her teacher Anne Sullivan?
c] Why did Helen Keller compare her life with the ship?.
d] Which qualities of Anne Mansfield Sullivan make her a teacher to look upto?
e] “Where there is a will, there is a way”. How does this statement hold in case of Helen
keller?
Free Response.

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