Flowers for Algernon - Vocabulary Practice Quiz 1

Charlie read Robinson Crusoe, a novel about a man _______________ on an island.

• obscure

• marooned

• justified

• introspective

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss told Charlie about his conscious and _______________ mind.

• obscure

• obvious

• unconscious

• laboratory

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Charlie overheard a conversation in which Dr. Nemur’s wife is described as a _______________.

• Shrew

• specter

• feeble

• sensation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

A _______________was written to have Charlie fired.

• vacuous

• petition

• laboratory

• naivete

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The main setting of the story takes place in a _______________.

• Laboratory

• marooned

• fugue of amnesia

• regression

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

 Charlie and Algernon caused a _______________at the Psychological Convention.

• deterioration

• specter

• fugues of amnesia

• sensation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

 Charlie had a child-like quality due to his below-average _______________.

• deterioration

• IQ

• petition

• unconscious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The incident with the dishwasher in the diner caused Charlie to be more _______________about his

own life.

• introspective

• unconscious

• vacuous

• feeble

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Dr. Nemur’s wife pushed him to publish the results of his work so that the world could see the

_______________ success of his experiments.

• laboratory

• obvious

• justified

• shrew

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Dr. Nemur was _______________in being angry with Charlie for not writing his reports because he was being paid a regular salary.

• justified

• obscure

• naivete

• introspective

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4