Which answer choice is the best summary of the excerpt? Although Dr. Chisholm could do nothing to help Helen Keller, Dr. Bell could. "I at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared Dr. Bell to so many hearts," said Helen. On the advice of a Dr. Chisholm, Helen and her father went to Washington to meet Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who could help them find a teacher for Helen. Helen loved Dr. Bell immediately, and meeting him changed her life. Helen went to Baltimore. Then Dr. Chisholm received them kindly. Her father was advised to see Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. They moved around from place to place. Helen went to Washington to see Dr. Bell, and she loved him. He held her on his knee while she examined his watch, and he understood her signs. She had been advised to see Dr. Bell by Dr. Chisholm.

She had been advised to see Dr. Bell by Dr. Chisholm.

Explanation:

Helen Keller had been advised by Dr Chisholm to meet Dr Bell who could help her.

Dr Chisholm was powerless to help Helen but he knew Dr Bell could help so he advised her to go and meet him.

the father plays a very vital role in the life of the narrator in the story. the father is that person who may be physically absent but is also the one who just existed in the mind or the memory of the narrator. in the mind of the storyteller, his father during the time he was with their family was dutiful, orderly and straightforward. but when the narrator was asked who has always the final say, it would always be the mother. it is because of the father’s departure that made the authority of the mother waive and became questionable. the father’s leaving really made a big impact in his family’s lives. the father never set foot on land and he was more towards the lonely nature because as the story said he never acknowledged the existence of his family after his departure but it is implied to the reader that the reason why the father stayed and rowed nearby to maintain togetherness.