Flowers for Algernon

How does Charlie discover that the effects of his operation will not last?

• He sees changes in Algernon

• He sees changes in himself

• He overhears the doctors saying so

• Miss Kinnian tells him

Which of the following does Charlie begin to recognize as his intelligence increases?

• 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

What is the Algernon-Gordon effect?

• It is possible to gain intelligence through an operation and have the results be permanent

• Animals are capable of having greater intelligence levels than humans

• Intelligence that is gained from surgery will come and go throughout a person's lifetime

• Intelligence that is gained from surgery is only temporary

How does Charlie view his work, knowing that he will start to lose his intelligence?

• As a failure

• As incomplete

• As a scientific discovery

• As a work in progress

Charlie said his mind was deteriorating. What does that mean?

• To grow super fast

• To stop growing altogether

• To get worse or decline in quality

• To disappear

Charlie and Algernon's mind went through regression. What does this mean?

• To return back to its previous state

• To switch

• To increase very fast

• To stop existing

What event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?

• Algernon's behavior regresses and he becomes uncooperative and mean

• Charlie falls in love with Miss Kinnian

• The doctors argue about whether or not to publish the results of the experiment

• The bus boy drops the dishes in the diner

What could be an inference made on Charlie's future based on what we know from the story and its ending?

• Charlie will eventually die

• Charlie's intelligence will return

• Charlie and Miss Kinnian will get married

• Charlie will go back and forth with being smart

What does Charlie discover when he conducts his research?

• The operation is permanent

• He will lose his intelligence at the same rate he gained it

• He will continue to gain intelligence at an intense rate

• The effects of the operation will go away for a little bit, but then return

What characters are parallel, or connected, to one another in the story?

• Miss Kinnian and Charlie

• Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss

• Charlie and Algernon

• Joe Carp and Frank Reily