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1
Immediately after the operation, Charlie is disappointed because...
He cannot visit his family.
He doesn't feel any smarter.
He cannot see Miss Kinnian.
He hears the doctors arguing about their hopes for Charlie.
2
How does Charlie react to the ink blot test and the Thematic Apperception test?
Charlie thought they were interesting.
Charlie was afraid he failed the tests.
Charlie wondered how many time he would take them.
Charlie liked taking the tests.
3
Which incident horrified Charlie
the most
?
He learned Dr.s weren’t so smart & he was smarter than them
When he laughed at & made fun of a mentally challenged man
When he told Miss Kinnian he didn’t like her anymore
When he learned what “pulling a Charlie Gordon” meant
4
Which of these might be a theme in the story?
People can never change their lives.
Being intelligent is more important than anything.
Operations can fix almost anything.
It may be better to have friends than to be too smart.
5
Which of these is foreshadowed when Charlie sees two men fencing in the inkblot?
Charlie's doctors will fight about the experiment
Algernon will die
the operation will fail
Charlie will be all alone
6
Why is Charlie motivated to publish the results despite the failure of the operation?
Disproving a theory is as important as proving the theory
To encourage the scientific world to help people like him
It shows the world he was brave enough to try the experiment
He wants to embarrass Dr. Nemur because Dr. Nemur was wrong
7
What happened to Charlie when he went out with Joe and Frank?
He felt shame
He got beat up
He learned what it meant to "pull a Charlie Gordon"
He got drunk
8
What Charlie feels just before the operation
confusion
anger
fear
pride
9
What was the goal of the operation?
The goal was to triple Charlie's intelligence.
The goal was to make smarter people even smarter.
Dr. Nemur wanted to make an intellectual superman.
The goal was to stop Charlie from having seizures.
10
Why is Charlie alarmed when Algernon’s behavior changes?
He's angry that he can't make Algernon’s intelligence last
Algernon is his one true friend & he's now mean to Charlie
He's afraid because the same thing will happen to him
He's worried others won't like him like Algernon did
11
Why did Dr. Strauss
originally
want Charlie to write everything down in progress reports?
He wanted to get an overall picture of who Charlie was.
He wanted Charlie’s thoughts on the entire procedure.
To give Charlie something to do while gaining intelligence.
There were many applicants and Dr. Strauss wanted the best.
12
What Charlie feels when he realizes his fate will be the same as Algernon’s
fear
anger
shame
confusion
13
Why does Fanny not sign the petition to have Charlie fired?
Fanny disliked Joe Carp and Frank Reilly
Fanny had been fired from a job & knew how Charlie felt
Fanny was against the petition on principle
Fanny likes Charlie
14
What Charlie feels the first time he beats Algernon in a race
pride
confusion
hope
shame
15
What Charlie feels when he realizes he is getting too smart for Miss Kinnian
love
loneliness
fear
anger
16
Who said this: “Look at how well hes lerned to read and write...I say we use him"
Dr. Nemur
Miss Kinnian
Dr. Strauss
Frank
17
Who said this "At werst you will have it for a little wile and your doing something for sience”
Miss Kinnian
Fanny
Joe
Dr. Strauss
18
Why does Charlie take books with him when he leaves town in the end?
He plans on going to night school, and he needs books
To prove to others he once was able to read these hard books
He wants a memory of his attempt to get smarter
He wants to try hard to be smart like before the operation
19
What Charlie feels when he sees people making fun of the dishwasher
shame
sadness
love
fear
20
Why does
Dr. Strauss
say they should use Charlie for the experiment?
Charlie is good natured, interested, and eager to please.
Charlie is dull, apathetic, and hard to reach.
Dr. Nemur wanted to use an intellectually disabled person.
Miss Kinnian tells him Charlie is her best student.
21
At the end of the story, Charlie…(NOT what you think happens, but how the story ends…)
does not know who he is
leaves New York
can no longer walk
dies
22
What do the flowers on Algernon's grave symbolize?
remembering how he was smart for awhile
the conflict between two branches of science
the dangers of animal testing
how much they loved each other
23
What is the purpose of the TV that Dr. Strauss gave to Charlie?
To give Charlie something to watch at night
To give Charlie positive thoughts while he slept
To teach things to Charlie's subconscious mind
To help Charlie sleep
24
Why did Charlie go to night school? What does that tell you about him?
Charlie's mom said it would be a good thing to do.
All his life Charlie wanted to be smart & not dumb.
Charlie asked some people where the school was.
Charlie had friends who attended night school.
25
“I said why shud I make up lies...I always get caut.” What does this tell you about Charlie?
He is depressed because he has had failures all his life
Lacks imagination; he connects storytelling with lying.
He can't afford the surgery so he pretends to be less smart
He is impatient because there are so many tests to take
26
What Charlie feels toward Miss Kinnian
love
fear
hope
anger
27
Who said this: "Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.”
Fanny
Charlie
Frank
Miss Kinnian
28
Which of these explain the Algernon-Gordon Effect?
The amount of increase is proportional to rate of decrease
The amount of increase is less than the rate of decrease
The rate of increase is more than the rate of decrease
The rate of increase is equal to the rate of decrease
29
What is the format and point of view used for "Flowers for Algernon"?
1st person point of view and interview format.
Journal style and 2nd person point of view.
Story format and 3rd person point of view.
Journal format and 1st person point of view.
30
Who said this: “It was evil when Eve listened to the snake and ate from the tree of knowledge"
Fanny
Joe
Frank
Miss Kinnian
31
What Charlie feels when he realizes what it means to “pull a Charlie Gordon”
shame
anger
love
fear
32
Burt shows Charlie the inkblots
after
his surgery, and this time Charlie reacts by
Getting mad at Burt for treating him like a child
Questioning just how feeble-minded he was before the surgery
Throwing the cards on the floor and refusing to participate
Analyzing the pictures and lying to Burt about what he saw
33
Why does Charlie leave the factory?
His coworkers are afraid of Charlie & his quick intelligence
He wants to spend all his time reading & listening to music
Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur want him to live at the lab.
He believes that he is too smart to work in a factory
34
“As if he’d hidden this part of himself to deceive me..." tells
what
about Charlie's thinking?
Charlie no longer believes that doctors are smart people.
Charlie wishes to be more like he was before the operation.
Charlie is more suspicious & paranoid as he grew smarter.
Charlie has discovered that smart people never pretend.
35
The story is divided into progress reports in order of date to...
Tell Charlie's story from different POV's
Show Charlie is can't think of chapter titles before surgery
Help Charlie keep track of different reports for the doctors
Track Charlie’s thoughts & progress before & after surgery
