Flowers for Algernon - Selection Test

Charlie fails his first inkblot test because he -

• sees images that upset him in the inkblots.

• thinks the test is boring.

• cannot understand what he is supposed to see besides ink.

• is afraid of making a mistake in front of Dr. Strauss.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?

• He wants to be smart and know things like other people do?

• He wants to please Dr. Strauss and Miss Kinnian.

• He wants to be able to get a better job.

• He wants to beat Algernon in the maze test.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do the factory workers mean be saying someone "pulled a Charlie Gordon?"

• Someone did something funny.

• Someone did something stupid.

• Someone had an operation.

• Someone lost something.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Charlie hopes that when he becomes smarter, people will be --

• happier.

• less worried.

• more understanding.

• more friendly.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What makes Charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?

• Miss Kinnian doesn't love him.

• He knows he will leave her behind intellectually.

• Miss Kinnian thinks she was wrong to encourage him to have the operation.

• He thinks that Miss Kinnian will refuse to have anything more to do with him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?

• The boy at the restaurant drops a plate.

• Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss's research is incomplete.

• Algernon becomes uncooperative and disturbed.

• Charlie is given a laboratory of his own.

When Charlie becomes a genius, his most important discovery is -

• his theory about how quickly artificially increased intelligence deteriorates.

• that he has to communicate with Miss Kinnian on a simple level.

• that Dr. Nemur doesn't know the work on experimental intelligence in India.

• that Algernon will soon die.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Charlie leaves New York because -

• his landlady throws him out because he hasn't paid the rent.

• he can't get a job now that he isn't a genius.

• he doesn't want people to be sorry for him.

• he doesn't want the men at the factory to laugh at him again.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following episodes is repeated in the story to make parallel episodes?

• Charlie has an operation.

• Charlie has dinner with Miss Kinnian.

• The factory workers get Charlie drunk.

• The factory workers force Charlie to leave his work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In the story's resolution, Charlie -

• is just the same as he was at the beginning of the story.

• has gained valuable experience but has lost his mental ability.

• again becomes a student in Miss Kinnian's class.

• deeply regrets that he ever had the operation.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4