Question

Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker Act 3.

ANNIE [PRESENTLY]: I taught her one thing, no. Don’t do this, don’t do that—

KELLER: It’s more than all of us could, in all the years we—

ANNIE: I wanted to teach her what language is. I wanted to teach her yes.

KELLER: You will have time.

ANNIE: I don’t know how. I know without it to do nothing but obey is—no gift, obedience without understanding is a—blindness, too. Is that all I’ve wished on her?

KELLER [GENTLY]: No, no—

ANNIE: Maybe.

Based on the dialogue, which statement best describes Annie?

She is not satisfied with what she has taught Helen.
She is convinced that Helen will be a success.
She is proud of the vocabulary Helen is learning.
She is concerned that Helen’s disobedience will return.

Answer 1

She is not satisfied with what she has taught Helen.

This is shown by Annie's regret that she only taught "no" and commands, when she wanted to teach language and "yes," and her worry that obedience without understanding is "blindness."