Characterization and Foreshadowing 8

Read the excerpt from part 2 of "Flowers for Algernon."

I have no more money and Mrs. Flynn says I got to go to work somewhere and pay the rent because I havent paid for over two months. I dont know any work but the job I used to have at Donnegans Plastic Box Company.

How does Charlie’s inability to pay rent affect the plot?

• It causes Charlie to ask Dr. Strauss whether he can return to the lab.

• It forces Charlie to request that Miss Kinnian give him money.

• It forces Charlie to talk to Mr. Donnegan about being a janitor again.

• It causes Charlie to tell Frank Reilly that he needs protection.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How do Miss Kinnian’s feelings toward Charlie change as the plot moves along in part 2 of "Flowers for Algernon"?

• At first, she is worried about Charlie, and then she is annoyed by him.

• At first, she is intimidated by Charlie, and then she feels sorry for him.

• At first, she sympathizes with Charlie, and then she is intimidated by him.

• At first, she is in awe of Charlie, and then she feels like she understands him.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the excerpt from part 2 of "Flowers for Algernon."

I guess the same thing is or will soon be happening to me. Now that it's definite, I don't want it to happen.

I put Algernon's body in a cheese box and buried him in the backyard. I cried.

Based on this excerpt, which best describes how Charlie feels about his future?

• calm and indifferent

• sad and scared

• curious and confused

• angry and bitter

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the excerpt from part 2 of "Flowers for Algernon."

Artificially increased intelligence deteriorates at a rate of time directly proportional to the quantity of the increase.

I feel that this, in itself, is an important discovery.

As long as I am able to write, I will continue to record my thoughts in these progress reports. It is one of my few pleasures. However, by all indications, my own mental deterioration will be very rapid.

Based on this excerpt, why does Charlie continue recording his thoughts in the progress report?

• He wants to improve his writing skills and intellectual capacity.

• He thinks it may reverse his loss of intelligence.

• He thinks it may reverse his loss of intelligence.

• He wants to contribute all he can to research about his condition.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which excerpt from part 2 of "Flowers for Algernon" most foreshadows Charlie’s deterioration?

• “Most of my writing time is spent on the notes which I keep in a separate folder, but from time to time I feel it necessary to put down my moods....”

• “Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur have asked me not to come to the lab any more. I know what they're thinking but I can't accept it.”

• “Dr. Strauss comes around almost every day, but I told him I wouldn't see or speak to anybody.”

• “I am sorry, however, that my own contribution to the field must rest upon the ashes of the work of two men I regard so highly.”

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Read the excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon."

I asked Dr. Strauss how Nemur could refute Rahajamati’s attack on his method and results if Nemur couldn’t even read them in the first place. That strange look on Dr. Strauss's face can mean only one of two things. Either he doesn't want to tell Nemur what they're saying in India, or else – and this worries me – Dr. Strauss doesn't know either. I must be careful to speak and write clearly and simply so that people won't laugh.

What does the final line of this excerpt foreshadow?

• Charlie will continue to make people laugh.

• Charlie will completely lose his ability to communicate with others.

• Charlie will start pretending that he is not smart.

• Charlie will start losing his ability to write his thoughts.