Short Story Quiz - Flowers for Algernon

At the end of the story, Charlie's "voice" changes. How?

• He sounds like he is crazy.

• He begins talking to Algernon as if he is still alive.

• He sounds more and more like a child.

• He gets increasingly angry, right up to the end.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How is the conflict between Charlie and his friends resolved?

• His friends are protective of Charlie.

• His friends don't recognize Charlie at the end.

• Charlie shares his frustrations with his friends, and besides, Joe Carp, they all accept him.

• The friends go to their boss and ask him to not hire Charlie back.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As Charlie gets more and more intelligent, what happens to his opinion of Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss?

• He sees both of them as geniuses

• He sees that they have taken advantage of him by teaching him things that are not important.

• He doesn't like them because he realizes that they aren't very good scientists.

• He is surprised at how little they actually know.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This quote form page 297 - It was evil when Eve listened to the snake and ate from the tree of knowledge" - is an example of this literary tool:

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

This quote form page 297 - "It was evil when Eve listened to the snake and ate from the tree of knowledge" - supports this theme:

• Intelligence is dangerous

• Intelligence is evil

• Intelligence is an opportunity

• Intelligence is powerful

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the words below BEST describes Charlie's attitude and point of view when he is at the height of his intelligence?

• Humble

• Condescending

• Excited

• Confused

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the importance of the scene with the dishwasher to the story?

• The dishwasher reminds Charlie why it is so important to keep learning.

• The dishwasher reminds Charlie of his boss at the factory,a nd he is glad that he is no longer working there.

• The other people in the restaurant remind Charlie of how he was treated before his operation.

• Charlie feels ashamed and angry because he laughed at the dishwasher as well.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

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Charlie's letter to Dr. Strauss on page 301 is sadly ironic. Why?

• The experiment was a failure for the two doctors, but they don't realize it.

• The experiment was a failure, and that failure will cost Charlie his life.

• The experiment was a failure, and that failure will advance the cause of science.

• The experiment was a failure that Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss spent their whole lives on.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are the first clues that the author gives us that Charlie's intelligence is regressing?

• He stops reading books.

• He stops using punctuation correctly.

• He starts misspelling words.

• He shows up in Miss Kinnian's class again.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Throughout the story, Algernon the mouse is used as this kind of literary tool:

• Foreshadowing

• Parallel

• Allusion

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3