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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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?

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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.

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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.

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"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.

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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

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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

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