Flowers for Algernon

What is the inciting incident in the story?

• Charlie is chosen to undergo the experimental operation to improve his intelligence

• Charlie begins to document his progress in reports

• Charlie wakes up from the operation

• Charlie begins to race Algernon in the mazes

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CCSS.RL.8.3

The climax of the story occurs when...

• Charlie notices signs of his own regression

• Charlie discovers that his friends at work aren't really friends after all

• Algernon dies

• Charlie realizes that he is in love with Miss Kinnian

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Which event below occurs during the falling action?

• Charlie has the experimental operation

• Charlie begins research in the lab on the procedure he had

• Charlie beats Algernon in the maze for the first time

• Charlie gets his old job back

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CCSS.RL.8.3

After which event did Charlie decide he wanted to do work in the field of increasing human intelligence levels?

• Charlie discovers the Algernon-Gordon Effect

• Charlie figures out a new way to line up machines at the factory

• Charlie stands up for the developmentally disabled dishwasher in the diner

• Charlie retakes the inkblot test and is successful in completing the test this time

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

The story includes allusions to all of the following except...

• Paradise Lost

• Romeo and Juliet

• Robinson Crusoe

• The Bible

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify what is being compared in this analogy: Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men. A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows of hunger.

• a child's desire to be smart and a man's desire to be smart

• a baby's hunger and a man's desire to fit in

• a child's desire to be smart and a man's desire to fit in

• a baby's love for its mother and a man's hunger

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

Who first discovers that Charlie may lose his intelligence?

• Charlie

• Dr. Strauss

• Miss Kinnian

• Dr. Nemur

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What is the first sign that Algernon is regressing?

• Algernon becomes less cooperative

• Algernon refuses to eat

• Algernon refuses to run the maze

• Algernon bites Charlie

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Why does Dr. Nemur want the experiment to be successful?

• Dr. Nemur wants for Charlie to retain his intelligence so that he can work in the lab

• Dr. Nemur's main concern is for Charlie's well-being

• Dr. Nemur wants recognition in the scientific community

• Dr. Nemur's main concern is that he has enough money to keep the lab open

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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

What motivates Charlie Gordon most in the story?

• his love for Miss Kinnian

• his desire to be smart

• his desire to impress Mr. Donnegan

• his desire to beat Algernon in the maze

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3