Flowers for Algernon: Progress Report 11-12

In P. Report 11, Why do Charlie's fellow co-workers want Charlie fired?

• They don't understand how he has become so smart.

• They have become frightened by his bad temper.

• They think he is damaging the factory.

In P.Report 11, A significant conversation happened between Fanny and Charlie. Which is the most accurate summary of their conversation?

• Fanny is suspicious of Charlie's sudden gain in intelligence, and feels he has done something evil to get it.

• Fanny is angry because he got a $1,000 bonus for fixing the machine she had run for years.

• Fanny was upset because Charlies was smarter than she was.

As he becomes a genius, Charlie feels the doctors are mocking him and he is oversensitive. What does this mean?

• to laugh

• to change ones mind

• too easily bothered, upset, or offended

In Progress Report 11, what does Charlie realize about his relationship with Miss Kinnian?

• He is unable to communicate on an everyday level with her

• He needs to start teaching her more about math and science

• Miss Kinnian doesn't want to see Charlie anymore

In P.Report 11, how does Charlie react when he finds out he knows more than the doctors?

• he is happy he is a genius; he will take over the hospital!

• he is worried and shocked; did they really know what they were doing to him?

• he is angry and frustrated; why should they get the money and the credit for his intelligence?

Which of the following events is NOT caused by the incident in which Charlie defends the dishwasher boy in the restaurant?

• Charlie is ashamed and disgusted with himself for at first laughing at the boy.

• Charlie remembers how he also used to play the clown-he was just like him.

• Charlie now realizes how his "friends" actually treat him.

• Charlie decides to work in the field of human intelligence to help these people.

In P.Report 12, Which of the following does Charlie begin to realize as his intelligence progresses?

• He realizes that he will be able to marry Miss Kinnian.

• He realizes he is now more intelligent than both of the doctors who performed the experiment.

• He realizes he will one day achieve his dream: space travel and the scientific advancements.

"Dr. Strauss told me I was giving Dr. Nemur an inferiority complex." What does inferiority mean?

• making someone feel they are far above you in knowledge.

• making someone feel situated lower, or down. Of little or less importance.

• making someone feel that they are just where they should be.

After the incident with the young dishwasher at the diner, Charlie decides that he must -

• use his gift of intellectual awareness to help others who are like he was

• volunteer his time on the weekends to teach adults with disabilities

• go to work for Miss Kinnian at the adult learning center

• spend more time with Algernon

After he loses his job Charlie says," this intelligence has driven a wedge between me and all the people I once knew an loved...Now I am more alone than ever before..." What type of irony is this?

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic