Flowers for Algernon

Charlie fails his first inkblot test because he

• sees images that upset him in the inkblots

• cannot understand what he is supposed to see besides ink

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

Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?

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

• He wants to please Dr, Strauss and Miss Kinnian

• He wants to be able to get a better job

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

• Someone did something stupid

• Someone had an operation

• Someone lost something

Charlie hopes that when he becomes smarter, people will be

• happier

• less worried

• more friendly

When Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur argue about Charlie, Charlie

• thinks that he has done something wrong

• feels like he's seen both men clearly for the first time

• feels like he is just an experiment to the two doctors

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

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

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

• Charlie remembers how he also used to play the clown

• Charlie realizes how intelligent he has become

• Charlie decides to work in the field of human intelligence

Which event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?

• The boy at the restaurant drops a plate

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

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 feel sorry for him