Flowers for Algerson - DCSVA

What is the point of view of "Flowers for Algernon"?

• first person, from Charlie's point of view
• first-person, Doctor Strauss' point of view
• third person, includes thoughts of all characters
• third person, telling the thoughts of Charlie and Miss Kinnian

Why  do the doctors use Charlie in their experiment?

• They feel he is motivated to try to learn
• He is the only person willing to try it.
• They see that he has bonded with Algernon
• They know he needs a better job.

What can you infer from the details about Charlie at the start of "Flowers for Algernon"?

• He has below-normal intelligence.
• He sees and hears things that are not there.
• He cannot control his temper.
• He cannot hold down a job and support himself

Which of the following can we infer is the reason for Dr. Strauss requiring Charlie to keep a journal?

• To monitor if Charlie was being dishonest about his work hours.
• To monitor Charlie's progress through his words and thoughts.
• To closely watch his communication with people outside the hospital, including his mother and father.
• To secure Algernon's place in medical history.

Choose the details that  show that Charlie's experiment is starting to take effect.

• Challenging the Doctors' knowledge, falling for Miss Kinnian, performing his experiments.
• quitting his job, becoming more quiet, looking into piano and painting
• losing to Algernon, visiting Muggy's Saloon, "pulling a Charlie Gordon"

What can you infer about Charlie's relationship with his co-workers before the experiment?

• He thinks they are good friends  and fails to realize that they sometimes tease him.
• He is deeply hurt by their teasing, but refuses to believe that they mean it in good fun.
• They are afraid of him and do not like to socialize
• They try so hard to be kind to him.

Which of the following does Charlie begin to recognize as he progresses?

• He realizes he loves the girl with whom he works but sees her as inferior to him.
• He realizes he is now more intelligent than both of the doctors who performed the experiment.
• He realizes he will one day achieve his dream: space travel and the scientific advancements.
• He realizes that he will only be intelligent enough to get a high school diploma.

Choose the conclusion a reader can most accurately draw from this excerpt from “Flowers for Algernon.”

They called the mouse Algernon. Algernon was in a box with a lot of twists and turns like all kinds of walls and they gave me a pencil and a paper with lines and lots of boxes. On one side it said START and on the other side it said FINISH. They said it was amazed and that Algernon and me had the same amazed to do. I dint see how we could have the same amazed if Algernon had a box and I had a paper but I dint say nothing.

• The doctors find Charlie amazing.

• Algernon is running in a maze.

• Algernon is able to read.

What conclusion about Charlie is most clearly supported by this excerpt from the first section of "Flowers of Algernon"?

I hope they use me. Miss Kinnian says maybe they can make me smart. I want to be smart. My name is Charlie Gordon. I am 37 years old and 2 weeks ago was my birthday. I have nuthing more to rite now so I will close for today.

• He cannot control his temper.

• He has below-average intelligence.

• He sees and hears things that are not there.

• He cannot hold down a job and support himself.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A: In "Flowers for Algernon" what is the main reason that Charlie wants to increase his intelligence?

• He is very competitive and wants to beat Algernon when they are tested.

• He knows that he is different and wants to be more like other people.

• He wants to please Miss Kinnian and is afraid he will disappoint her.

• He is a lonely person with no close friends or social life.