Review for Flowers Quiz

1. What clues from the early progress reports suggest Charlie’s low mental abilities?

• He gets on the wrong train
• He spells many things wrong
• He shouts every time he speaks
• He has amazing spelling

2. Why did Miss Kinnian feel that Charlie was the best candidate for the operation?

• His motivation
• His strength
• His speed
• His speech

3. How did Charlie feel immediately after the operation?

• He was happy
• He was in pain
• He was frustrated
• He was scared

4. What is the purpose of the "TV" that the doctors use for Charlie at night?

• To entertain him
• To listen to music
• To absorb information into Charlie's subconscious
• To watch cartoons

5. What do Charlie's work "friends" do to him at the saloon?

• They get him drunk and ditch him
• They plan him a surprise party
• They talk about his surgery
• They play music

6. What did Charlie do with Algernon (the mouse)?

• He raced him in a maze
• He lifted weights with him
• He took a math test with him
• He made food with him

7. What is one sign that Charlie's intelligence is increasing after the operation?

• He goes to night school
• He beats Algernon in the maze
• He sees the Inkblots
• He wins a spelling bee

8. Charlie has trouble with the inkblot test because__.

• He takes it literally and can’t find the pictures.
• He doesn’t see the same things others see.
• He doesn’t like the pictures.
• He takes too long to figure it out.

9. Charlie’s intellectual disability affects his___.

• Communication and verbal skills.
• Academic ability and motor skills.
• Physical appearance and mobility, making him look different than others.
• Moods and often makes him angry and hostile.

10. How does the experiment change Charlie’s relationship with Miss Kinnian at first?

• He starts to see her as a motherly figure.
• He starts to see her as a love interest.
• He begins to hate her for challenging him.
• He becomes more appreciative of her teaching.