Flowers for Algernon

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.

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 doctor.

• Miss Kinnian tells him.

Choose the details that  show that Charlie's experiment is starting to take effect.

• Challenging the Doctors' knowledge, falling for Miss Kinnian, performing his experiments.

• quitting his job, becoming more quiet, looking into piano and painting

• losing to Algernon, visiting Muggy's Saloon, "pulling a Charlie Gordon"

Which statement best describes the relationship between Charlie and Miss Kinnian?

• He likes her, but he is suspicious of her motives.

• She tries to be detached because she knows the experiment is unlikely to succeed.

• They have a warm, friendly relationship, and Charlie trusts her.

• She is not his friend, because she is a cold scientist.

Which of the following does Charlie begin to recognize as he progresses?

• 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 event changes the relationship Charlie has with Algernon? 

• Algernon beats Charlie in the maze. 

• Dr. Nemur lets Charlie take Algernon home as a pet. 

• Algernon only eats gluten free food now. 

• Charlie finally beats Algernon in the maze. 

From what point of view is “Flowers for Algernon” told?

• third person, telling the thoughts of many characters

• first person, from Charlie's doctors' point of view

• first person, from Charlie's point of view

In “Flowers for Algernon,” Charlie feels happy and excited when he hears that he will have the operation. How does the point of view of the story affect the way readers learn about his feelings?

• The story is told by Charlie, so readers hear about his feelings directly from him.

• The story is told by Charlie, but readers must guess how Charlie feels.

• The story is told by a narrator, so readers get an outsider's explanation of Charlie's feelings.

In “Flowers for Algernon,” which of these themes are best supported by the allusion that the character named Fanny makes to the biblical story of Eve and the tree of knowledge? Choose TWO.

• It is wrong to want something that you don't already have.

• Nature is a source of spiritual comfort to human beings.

• People should not try to change what God has created.

• Knowledge can be very powerful.

• Change can be unexpectedly frightening.

In “Flowers for Algernon,” what happens during Charlie’s first inkblot test?

• He sees many pictures in the inkblot.

• He cannot see any pictures in the inkblot.

• He performs badly, compared to Algernon.