Flowers for Algernon Quotes

Which of the following quotes from "Flowers for Algernon" best supports the answer to Part A?

• Anyway that test made me feel worser than all the others because they did it over 10 times with difernt amazeds and Algernon won every time. I dint know that mice were so smart.

• I don't understand why I never noticed how beautiful Miss Kinnian really is...I think from the beginning I had the feeling that she was an unreachable genius--and very, very old.

• How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes--how such people think nothing of abusing a man born with low intelligence.

• I see that even in my dullness I knew that I was inferior and that other person had something I lacked---something denied me. Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.

In "Flowers for Algernon", why do Charlie's fellow workers want him fired?

• They become jealous of Charlie's good fortune.

• They think that Charlie has been lying and stealing.

• They become frightened by Charlie and distrustful of his new intelligence.

• They resent Charlie for damaging the factory and making their jobs harder.

In "Flowers for Algernon, "what is one aspect of the text that shows Charlie is returning to his old condition?

• He learns German.

• He says he hates Algernon.

• He starts to spell badly again.

• He asks Miss Kinnian to dinner.

Which phrase best describes Charlie at the end of "Flowers for Algernon"?

• sad but hopeful

• relieved but bitter

• angry and threatening

• proud and conceited

What conclusion about Charlie is most clearly supported by this excerpt from the first section of "Flowers of Algernon"?

• He cannot control his temper.

• He has below-average intelligence.

• He sees and hears things that are not there.

• He cannot hold down a job and support himself.

Choose the conclusion a reader can most accurately draw from this excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon".

• The doctors find Charlie amazing.

• Charlie finds Algernon amazing.

• Algernon is running in a maze.

• Algernon is able to read.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A: In "Flowers for Algernon" what is the main reason that Charlie wants to increase his intelligence?

• He is very competitive and wants to beat Algernon when they are tested.

• He knows that he is different and wants to be more like other people.

• He wants to please Miss Kinnian and is afraid he will disappoint her.

• He is a lonely person with no close friends or social life.

At the end of the story, when Charlie is regressing, he says, "I don't blame anyone. I knew what might happen. But how it hurts." Contrasting this statement with his earlier statement, "I don't care if it hurts," is an example of which literary element?

• foreshadow

• theme

• simile

• irony

Charlie said, “All my life I wanted to be smart and not dumb.” “I want to be smart like other people.” But, the reader knows that the doctors do not plan on making him like other people. They intend to make him “...the first of your new brede of intelek** superman.” “He will be the first human beeng ever to have his intelijence trippled by surgicle meens.” What literary device is this an example of?

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Cosmic irony

“Algernon bit me!” “He was unusually disturbed and vicious.” “He is changing.” What literary devices are these quotes examples of?

• indirect characterization

• local color

• foreshadowing

• symbolism