What can you infer about Charlie's relationship with his co-workers before the experiment?

He thinks they are good friends and fails to realize that they sometimes tease him.

He is deeply hurt by their teasing, but refuses to believe that they mean it in good fun.

They are afraid of him and do not like to socialize

They try so hard to be kind to him.

Why does Charlie get a raise at the factory?

Charlie figured out a new way to line up the machines in the factory.

He was on time to work for an entire year.

The boss learned about his surgery.

As Charlie becomes more intelligent he realizes the Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur

are ambitious men who do not particularly care about him.

are sensitive people who care about him.

are incompetent doctors who "messed up" the experiment.

want him to lose his intelligence because he makes them feel dumb.

What happened at Charlie's workplace?

Workers signed a petition asking for Charlie to be fired.

Mr. Donnegan named him Employee of the Month

Joe and Frank broke one of the machines, and Charlie fixed it before Mr. Donnegan found out.

Charlie announced that mopping the floor was "beneath his pay grade."

Charlie says of Miss Kinnian, "The thought of leaving her behind makes me sad." What does this statement foreshadow?

Charlie will change in ways that make a relationship with her impossible.

Charlie will be offered a job that will take him far away.

Miss Kinnian will do something that will destroy Charlie's love for her.

What event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?

Algenon becomes uncooperative and disturbed.

Charlie gives up using the typewriter.

Charlie decides to do research on his own.

The boy at the restaurant drops the glasses.

Charlie begins to spend a great deal of time alone because

he lacks friends who can match his level of intelligence.

Miss Kinnian and the doctors often try to avoid him.

his landlady objects to him having visitors in his room.

After he defends the boy in the restaurant, Charlie is disgusted with himself because

at first, he laughed at the boy too.

he caused an embarrassing scene.

he did not help the boy clean up the broken dishes.

the boy could defend himself without help.

Which event motivates Charlie to do his own study of increasing human intelligence?

The scene with the boy at the restaurant reminds Charlie of how he used to be.

Dr. Strauss gives him his own laboratory.

Charlie's progress becomes a sensation at a convention of psychologists.

Charlie's research concludes that increases in intelligence through the technique developed by Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur are

ready to be used with all humans

After Charlie mistakenly returns to Miss Kinnian's classroom, he writes, " I reely pulled a Charlie Gordan that time." This remark might best be seen as showing:

Charlie's understanding of the other people's laughter and mocking of him.

Charlie's pleasure at becoming his own self again.

Charlie still wants to learn to read and write.

At the end of the story, what does Charlie plan to do?

Become a supervisor at his old job.

What will probably happen to Charlie?

Charlie will die for the same reasons that Algernon died.

Charlie will make new friends after he leaves New York.

Charlie will decide to stay in New York after all.

Charlie will slowly become intelligent again.

Charlie's friends, Frank and Joe, make fun of Charlie at the beginning of the story. However, at the end of the story, they

protect Charlie against other workers who try to make fun of him.

are glad that Charlie has lost his intelligence.

are scared of Charlie and refuse to talk to him when he returns to the factory.

What conclusion does Charlie draw at the end of the story?

He is glad he had the chance to become intelligent and believes intelligence is a good thing.

Intelligence, even on a genius level, does not last forever.

He wishes he had not taken part in the experiment.

You should never become friends with a mouse like Algernon.

What is one theme of "Flowers for Algernon"?

All human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

Intelligent people are always lonely and unhappy.

It is ok to laugh at people who are different.

causing great interest or excitement

An opportunist is someone who:

takes advantage of any situation

to be expert in or focus on one area

to know a lot about many things

causing great excitement or interest

to represent information using numbers

To cause a sensation means

to create great interest or excitement

to take advantage of any situation

If the evidence refutes a witness's testimony they-

create a lot of interest or excitement about the witness

examine his/her own thoughts and feelings

are representing evidence with numbers

Something that is proportional

is even, has a constant relationship

come up with a theory or educated guess

Something that is absurd is

a theory or educated guess used for research

Flowers for Algernon

Authored by Heather Brew

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8th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The story is divided into progress reports to

show that Charlie is unable to think of chapter titles before his surgery.

track Charlie's thoughts and development before and after the surgery.

help Charlie keep track of different reports for his job at the factory.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why do the doctors use Charlie in their experiment?

They feel he is motivated to try to learn

He is the only person willing to try it.

They see that he has bonded with Algernon

They know he needs a better job.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

From the choices below, which one is NOT a positive quality of Charlie Gordon?

eager to please

motivated

agreeable

cruel

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Charlie is unable to deal with his first inkblot test because

he sees images in the inkblots that scare him.

he cannot understand what he is supposed to see.

he is terrified of the man administering the test.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Algernon is all of the following except:

an animal that can talk

a laboratory test animal

a white mouse

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CCSS.RL.8.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence best states the doctors' reason for having Charlie compete with the mazes with Algernon?

Charlie needs to learn the rules for running mazes.

The doctors want to embarrass him and see if he can handle stress.

It is a way to compare their levels of intelligence.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are Dr. Nemur's motivations for performing the experiment (and future experiments)?

money

pressure from the scientific community to perform

recognitions and rewards

making a positive difference for humankind

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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Flowers for Algernon

The story is divided into progress reports to

Why do the doctors use Charlie in their experiment?

From the choices below, which one is NOT a positive quality of Charlie Gordon?

Charlie is unable to deal with his first inkblot test because

Algernon is all of the following except:

Which sentence best states the doctors' reason for having Charlie compete with the mazes with Algernon?

What are Dr. Nemur's motivations for performing the experiment (and future experiments)?

What do Charlie's "friends" mean when they say someone "really pulled a Charlie Gordon"?

What can you infer about Charlie's relationship with his co-workers before the experiment?

Why does Charlie get a raise at the factory?

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