My Perspectives on Flowers for Algernon

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.

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

• He starts to spell badly again.

• He asks Miss Kinnian to dinner.

• He learns German.

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

• He cannot control his temper.

• He has below-average intelligence.

• He sees and hears things that are not there.

Choose the conclusion a reader can most accurately draw from this excerpt from “Flowers for Algernon.” They called the mouse Algernon. Algernon was in a box with a lot of twists and turns like all kinds of walls and they gave me a pencil and a paper with lines and lots of boxes. On one side it said START and on the other side it said FINISH. They said it was amazed and that Algernon and me had the same amazed to do. I dint see how we could have the same amazed if Algernon had a box and I had a paper but I dint say nothing.

• The doctors find Charlie amazing.

• Algernon is running in a maze.

• Algernon is able to read.

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,” 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.

Who is Miss Kinnian? 

• Charlie's neighbor

• Charlie's landlady

• a scientist

• Charlie's teacher

Why does Charlie say he feels "sick inside...inside my chest it feels empty"? 

• He was fired from his job. 

• He figured out what it means to "pull a Charlie Gordon." 

• The doctors gave him bad news. 

• Algernon beat him in another race. 

In 'Flowers for Algernon,' what is the significance of the progress reports written by Charlie?

• They show Charlie's intellectual growth and decline.

• They are used to communicate with his family.

• They are a form of therapy for Charlie.

• They are meant to be published as a scientific paper.

Which literary device is most prominently used in 'Flowers for Algernon' to depict Charlie's changing intelligence?

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• First-person narrative