1) How does Helen Keller’s purpose for writing her memoir differ from that of the biographer who wrote about her life? * 1 point
A. Helen tries to inform people about the facts of her life, but the biographer wants people to know about Helen’s personality.
B. Helen tries to explain her childhood actions, while the biographer writes to tell people about Helen’s wild childhood.
C. Helen wants to reflect on her experiences, while the biographer writes to inform people about events in Helen Keller’s life.
D. Helen wants to entertain people by describing her point of view, but the biographer wants to amaze people with facts.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt