Flowers for Algernon PR 4-8

Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur tell Charlie to turn the ___________ on at night to help him learn. 

• Radio 
• Television 
• Telephone 
• White Noise Machine. 

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Charlie's friends at the factory are _______________________. 

• Mean and make fun of him. 
• Great friends and very supportive.
• Petty and underhanded. 
• As mentally inept as Charlie. 

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In Progress Report 7, how does Charlie feel? 

• Angry that Algernon always beats him, upset that he's not seeing progress with the tests after the operation. 
• Upset that Algernon has to stay locked up and that he can't play with Algernon
• Happy that he's beginning to feel better after the operation. 
• Excited to take another test to see if he's gotten smarter. 

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Charlie will be the first __________________. 

• Human being to have his intelligence tripled by surgical means. 
• Human being to race a mouse in a maze. 
• Man with a 68 IQ to take a Rorschach test.
• Human being to go down in history for being motor-vated. 

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Why did Dr.s Strauss and Nemur pick Charlie for the experiment?

• Charlie is apathetic.

• Charlie is unmotivated to learn.

• Charlie is uncooperative.

• Charlie is motivated to learn.

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What do Charlie's friends mean when they say "so-and-so just pulled a Charlie Gordon?"

• Someone lost at a race.

• Someone just did something smart.

• Charlie always wants to be the center of attention.

• Someone just did something dumb.

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In "Flowers for Algernon", Charlie races against Algernon because they are considered to be at the same mental level.

• False

• True

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In "Flowers for Algernon", which of the following best captures the nature of Charlie's relationship with Miss Kinnian early in the story, before the operation?

• Suspicious
• Cold
• Warm
• Distant

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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.

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The success of the operation in "Flowers for Algernon" is most evident in

• Charlie's entry into Boston College.

• Charlie's ability to read an eye chart.

• Charlie's rapid improvement in spelling and grammar in the diary.

• Charlie's quick rise to chief administrator at the hospital.

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