Flowers for Algernon Part 2 Review

Which is NOT an example of the way Charlie is treated by others as he becomes smarter?

• Mrs. Flynn, his landlady looks at him strangely.

• Joe and Frank avoid him, and eventually cost him his job.

• Miss Kinnian requests that she no longer be Charlie's teacher.

• Dr. Nemur develops an inferiority complex comparing himself to Charlie.

Charlie's co-workers want him fired because

• Charlie has been eating all of their lunches.

• they become frightened of Charlie's changes and threatened by his new intelligence.
• they found that Algernon's brain was smaller in size and had smoothed out.

• they had all pitched in for a lottery ticket and even though they didn't win, Charlie kept their money.

Which is NOT an ability Charlie attains at the peak of his intelligence?

• -He can type 75 wpm on a typewriter after just learning how.

• -He has trouble controlling his emotions.

• -He understands multiple foreign languages.
• -He pinpoints the issue with the technique used on him in a matter of weeks.

How did both of Charlie's doctors contribute to the experiment?

• Dr. Nemur found Charlie and did the surgery, Dr. Strauss had the idea and did the research.

• Dr. Nemur did the research and found Charlie, Dr. Strauss had the idea and did the surgery.

• Dr. Nemur had the idea and did the research, Dr. Strauss found Charlie and did the surgery.

• Dr. Nemur had the idea and did the surgery, Dr. Strauss did the research and found Charlie.

What does Charlie realize is Dr. Nemur's motivation to publish the experiment?

• Dr. Nemur needs people to admire him. He desires fame and is being pushed by his wife's wish for a big-shot husband.
• Dr. Nemur knows he is not an intelligent man and he needs to publish before people find out he's been faking it this whole time.

• Dr. Nemur is in love with Miss Kinnian and needs a way to impress her so she will love him back.

• Dr. Nemur doesn't really want to be published. He just doesn't know what else to do with his time.

What makes Charlie sad when he FIRST takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?

• He knows he will leave her behind intellectually.
• A young disabled dishwasher dropped some plates and was harassed by customers as he cleaned.

• They were unable to have a conversation.

• They didn't have creme brulee on the dessert menu.

How do we know that Charlie becomes smarter than his doctors?

• Charlie and the doctors all attend a game show together and Charlie answers more questions correctly than they do.

• Charlie tells us that he is smarter than they are and so we believe him because he is the main character.

• Charlie becomes critical of his doctors' abilities. He states that Dr. Nemur is not a genius, while he is unimpressed with Dr. Strauss' familiarity with ancient languages and advanced math skills.
• Charlie takes another IQ test alongside his doctors and demonstrates that his abilities have surpassed theirs.

What did Charlie witness in the diner?

• An old woman proceeded to choke on her dinner and Charlie had to come to her aid. Fortunately he knew the Heimlich maneuver and was able to save her life.

• A new guy starts to make fun of Charlie, but Joe Carp stood up for him. Joe and Frank become his friends and look out for him.

• A young disabled dishwasher dropped some plates and was harassed by customers as he cleaned. He mirrored their smiles the way Charlie did back when he didn't realize he was being ridiculed.
• A group of people started laughing at a clown who entered the restaurant. Charlie is afraid of clowns and so he ran out without touching his food.

Why was the diner incident an important moment for Charlie?

• It helped him finally learn the true meaning of the expression "to pull a Charlie Gordon."

• It inspired him to do research on the experiment and find out what what causing the sharp regression in Algernon.

• It inspired him to help improve the surgical technique that was used on him. He hopes to offer it to others like himself and the boy in the diner.
• It inspired him to build a giant stone monument to Algernon, his bestest friend in the whole wide world.

Which event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?

• Algernon begins to be uncooperative and acts disturbed.
• Algernon has to solve a lock problem to get his food.

• Algernon is presented to both the American and World Psychological Associations.

• Algernon is given cheese as a way to motivate him to cooperate in the tests.