Flowers for Algernon Part 2

Which of the following foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?

• What happens to Algernon
• Burt's comments about I.Q.
• Mrs. Flynn's change in attitude
• the doctors' arguments with each other

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does Charlie realize about Doctor Strauss and Doctor Nemur in Part 2?

• That they are very intelligent

• That they are not as intelligent as he once thought they were

• That they are also making fun of him, like Joe and Frank

• That they are obsessed with money

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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

All of the following events happen in the diner EXCEPT:

• Charlie laughs at the dishwasher

• Charlie stands up for the dishwasher

• Charlie is inspired to do research regarding intelligence

• Charlie helps the dishwasher clean up the broken dishes

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the FIRST sign that something is wrong with Algernon?

• He bites Charlie

• He suffers from amnesia

• He is unable to complete the maze

• His motor skills become impaired

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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 is time very important to Charlie?

• The doctors told him he will die in the near future

• He knows his intelligence will start to decline rapidly

• He wants to have more dates with Miss Kinnian

• He wants to stand up to Joe and Frank

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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

In the resolution of the story, readers learn that:

• Charlie will continue doing research to advance science

• Charlie will continue his janitorial job at the factory

• Charlie will leave New York and try to start a new life

• Charlie is a candidate for a new surgery to increase his intelligence

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read the following quote from the story and then answer the question that follows.

The intelligence is "slipping away like sand through my fingers."

This statement from the end of Part 2 is:

• A metaphor

• A simile

• Theme

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Read the following quote from the story and then answer the question that follows.

"Now I know what it means when they say, "to pull a Charlie Gordon. I'm ashamed."

This statement proves that Charlie:

• Finally understands the true nature of his "friends"

• Regrets the surgery

• Realizes that the doctors don't care about his well-being

• Will get revenge on his former "friends"

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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

Read the following quote from the story and then answer the question that follows.

"How strange it is that people...who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes - how such people think nothing of abusing a man born with low intelligence."

This statement proves that Charlie is angry because:

• The dishwasher is unable to correctly do his job

• He is insecure about his intelligence

• He feels that those with mental disabilities should be given more respect

• He knows his "friends" are strange

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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

Read the following quote from the story and then answer the question that follows.

"Miss Kinnian came to the door but I said go away I don't want to see you. She cried and I cried too but I wouldn't let her in because I didn't want her to see me..."

This statement proves that Charlie can be described as:

• Fearful

• Ashamed

• Angry

• Confused

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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