Flowers For Algernon

Why is it important that the text is in first person?

• The reader can feel a disconnect with Charlie

• The reader can see the actual progress of the progress reports.

• The reader gets more factual information this way.

• The reader can really see how bad of a person Charlie is.

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Why is Charlie confused about the tests the doctors make him take?

• Charlie failed all the tests, and he doesn't understand why.

• Charlie doesn't understand that these tests are not to see what he knows. These are more like psychological and IQ testing.

• Charlie passed all of the tests with flying colors.

• The doctors had to finish the tests for Charlie.

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What evidence best supports that Charlie's friends use "Being a Charlie Gordon" in a bad way?

• "I don't know why they say that, but they always laugh."

• "That made me laff. their really my friends and they like me."

• "I never lost any packiges."

• "Ernie lost a packige. He said Ernie what you trying to be a Charlie Gordon."

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Which best speculates why people are afraid of Charlie?

• Charlie is now deformed because he has scars from the operation.

• Charlie is a lot different, and they do not understand why. People are afraid of what the don't understand.

• Charlie is a lot more violent. He throws things and yells.

• Charlie is invisible.

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In paragraph 119, Charlie says "I didn't want to think of that possibility any more than elderly people want to think of death." How are these two things similar?

• They are similar because Charlie is getting old, and he might die.

• They are similar because losing his intelligence would be the end, like death is the end.

• They are similar because old people are smart, and they lose their intelligence.

• They are similar because Charlie will die one day, and old people are close to death.

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In paragraph 126, page 367, Fanny says "It was evil when Eve listened to the snake and ate from the tree of knowledge. It was evil when she saw that she was naked. If not for that none of us would ever have to grow old and sick, and die."

What is Fanny implying?

• She is implying that Charlie is like the snake.

• She is implying that Charlie is going to die.

• She is implying that Charlie has done something wrong, maybe even evil.

• She is implying that Charlie is hungry and might want an apple.

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As Charlie grows smarter, what is happening to him socially?

• He is alienated and lonely.

• He is making a lot more friends.

• He and Bert become best friends.

• He becomes closer with Joe Carp.

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Charlie describes the Algernon-Gordon Effect as the following: "Artificially increased intelligence deteriorates at a rate of time directly proportional to the quantity of increase." What does this mean in simpler terms?

• The rate at which someone gets smarter depends on how fast the operation was.

• The rate at which someone gains intelligence depends on how much intelligence he or she gains.

• The rate at which someone loses their intelligence depends on how much intelligence he or she gained.

• The rate at which someone loses intelligence depends on how slow the surgery was.

Miss Kinnian pays for Charlie's rent. Why does he not want her to do that?

• He does not want Miss Kinnian to be angry with him.

• He does not want Miss Kinnian to waste her money.

• He does not want to have to owe Miss Kinnian anything.

• He does not want Miss Kinninan to pity him.

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In the July 27th entry, Charlie describes an incident where Joe Carp grabs a co-workers collar and states "leave him alone or I'll break your neck." How does this differ from earlier scenes with Joe Carp?

• In previous scenes, Joe makes fun of Charlie. In this scene, Joe stands up for Charlie.

• In previous scenes, Joe stands up for Charlie, and in this scene, Joe threatens Charlie.

• In previous scenes, Joe makes fun of Charlie, and in this scene, Joe threatens Charlie.

• In previous scenes Joe is friendly to Charlie, and in this scene is hateful toward Charlie.

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