Flowers for Algernon Characters

How does Dr. Strauss define IQ?

• He thinks IQ is a measure of how dumb you are. 
• He believes that IQ measures lots of different things. 
• He believes that IQ is a measure of how smart a person can become. 
• He thinks IQ is a measure of how smart someone already is. 

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What does it mean to "pull a Charlie Gordon"?

• To make mistakes because of low intelligence
• To undergo surgery that increases your IQ.
• To become smarter by reading as many books as you can
• To not be able to make friends

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When Charlie expects to gain friends by "becoming smarter" and the opposite happens, this is called 

• foreshadowing
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• allusion

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"It was as if I'd seen both men clearly for the first time." What does Charlie learn about the doctors in this passage?

• He learns that they think of his more as an "experiment" than a "human being"
• He learns that they are only in it to learn more about Algernon.
• He learns that they don't really know what is going to happen to him after the operation.
• He learns that if he becomes smarter, he may be able to write a research paper on the effects.

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What is a central idea for "Flowers for Algernon"?

• Charlie and Algernon are experiments in medical research.
• The friendship between Charlie and Algernon is not real since Algernon is a mouse. 
• Charlie is embarrassed about being dumb so he wants to be smart. 
• Charlie Gordon wants to be smart like everyone else and he learns that undergoing an operation to artificially boost his intelligence  is not what he thought it would be. 

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CCSS.RL.3.9

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What writing format does the story take or use?

• medical reports by the doctors
• progress reports by Charlie
• diary entries by Miss Kinnian
• job reports by Charlie's boss

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What did the dishwasher scene ultimately teach Charlie?

• Empathy for the mentally handicapped
• How to feel sorry for others
• That he was truly more intelligent than he had been
• Embarrassment for the way he was treated in the past

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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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When the reader knows something that the character(s) don't know, this is called

• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• allusion
• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.2.3

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An example of dramatic irony in "Flowers for Algernon" is 

• When Algernon dies and Charlie does not
• When Joe and Frank "make fun" of Charlie but Charlie doesn't realize it
• When Charlie gets fired from the factory and Fanny remains kind to him
• When Charlie hears Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur arguing