Week 4 - Flowers for Algernon Questions

What happens to Algernon?

• His intelligence regresses (decreases instead of increases) and he dies.
• He loses his cheese and dies.
• He continues to get smarter.
• He eats the maze and escapes the lab.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which symptom indicates to Charlie that he is losing his intelligence?

• headaches
• heartburn
• forgetful
• diarrhea

Who shockingly decides to defend Charlie, possibly out of pity, after he returns to work?

• Frank and Joe

• Mrs. Flynn and Miss Kinnian

• Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur

• Algernon and Mickey

What does Charlie plan to do at the end?

• marry Miss Kinnian
• make Algernon his pet
• leave New York
• climb a tree

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is Charlie's final request in his last progress report?

• leave flowers on Algernon's grave
• put a million dollars in his bank account
• fire Dr. Nemur for taking his candy
• make everyone in the world get the operation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What does Charlie discover when he conducts his research?

• The operation is permanent. 
• He will lose his intelligence at the same rate he gained it. 
• He will gain intelligence at an intense rate of time. 
• He will die. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Charlie begins to think a lot of about his __________ when his mental state and intelligence is declining.

• love life

• parents & childhood

• rent

• friends

What characters share a parallel journey in the story?

• Miss Kinnian and Charlie

• Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss

• Charlie and Algernon

• Joe Carp and Frank Reily.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Why is Mrs. Flynn (his landlady) worried about Charlie?

• Because he is refusing to eat

• Because he is laying around and not doing anything

• Because he can't spell correctly anymore

• Because he was friends with a mouse

When Charlie returns to the factory, how does Joe and Frank treat Charlie?

• They begin to make fun of him again

• They are afraid of him

• They just ignore him

• They stick up for him