WorksheetsClosing Activities for "Flowers for Algernon"
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Charlie introduces himself in his journal and explains the purpose of his writing.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Falling Action
2.
"Flowers for Algernon" is told from what narrative point of view?
a)
Third-Person Limited
b)
Third-Person Omniscient
c)
Second-Person
d)
First-Person
3.
Charlie explains that he wants to be chosen for a surgery that will make him smarter.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Initiating Event
d)
Falling Action
4.
Charlie has the surgery and at first he does not feel any smarter.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Initiating Event
d)
Falling Action
5.
Charlie becomes so smart that he has difficulty communicating with other people, even his doctors and Miss Kinnian.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Resolution
6.
Algernon bites Charlie and refuses to run the maze or even eat.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Falling Action
7.
Charlie documents his mental decline, including running his own set of experiments.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Resolution
d)
Falling Action
8.
Charlie writes a letter to Miss Kinnian, Dr. Nemur, and Dr. Strauss saying good-bye and asking them to put flowers on Algernon's grave.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
9.
"Now I know what it means when they say 'to pull a Charlie Gordon.' I'm ashamed."
a)
Indirect characterization - SPEECH
b)
Indirection characterization - THOUGHTS
c)
Direct characterization - THOUGHTS
d)
Indirect characterization - EFFECT ON OTHERS
10.
"After the lesson I went down and played with Algernon. We don't race any more."
a)
Indirect characterization - ACTIONS
b)
Indirection characterization - THOUGHTS
c)
Direct characterization - SPEECH
d)
Indirect characterization - EFFECT ON OTHERS
11.
"I asked Dr. Strauss how Dr. Nemur could refute Rahajamati's attack on his method and results if Nemur couldn't even read them in the first place."
a)
Indirect characterization - ACTIONS
b)
Indirection characterization - SPEECH
c)
Direct characterization - ACTIONS
d)
Direct characterization - SPEECH
12.
"I'd hidden the picture of the old Charlie Gordon from myself because now that I was intelligent it was something that had to be pushed out of my mind."
a)
Indirect characterization - ACTIONS
b)
Indirection characterization - SPEECH
c)
indirect characterization - THOUGHTS
d)
Indirect characterization - EFFECT ON OTHERS
13.
"Dr. Strauss came to see me again. I wouldn't open the door and I told him to go away."
a)
Indirect characterization - ACTIONS
b)
Indirection characterization - SPEECH
c)
Indirect characterization - THOUGHTS
d)
Indirect characterization - EFFECT ON OTHERS
14.
"I felt sick inside as I looked at his dull, vacuous smile, the wide, bright eyes of a child, uncertain but eager to please." creates a tone of...
a)
Eagerness and uncertainty
b)
Anger and frustration
c)
Acceptance and realism
d)
Brightness and childishness
15.
"Joe Carp said I shoud show the girls how I mop out the toilet in the factory and he got me a mop. I showed them and everyone laffed..." creates a tone of...
a)
Pity and outrage
b)
Humor and hysteria
c)
Cynicism and objectivity
d)
Pessimism and optimism
16.
"How was I to know that a highly respected psycho-experimentalist like Nemur was unacquainted with Hindustani and Chinese?" creates a tone of...
a)
Sarcasm and derision
b)
Respect and solemnity
c)
Disdain and condescension
d)
Seriousness and solemnity
17.
"Ignorance is Bliss" could describe the _______ of "Flowers for Algernon.
a)
Mood
b)
Tone
c)
Theme
d)
Symbolism
18.
Algernon becomes a ____________ of Charlie and his fate.
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Theme
d)
Symbol
19.
When Algernon begins to behave strangely and refuse food, it _________________ what's in store for Charlie.
a)
Characterizes
b)
Foreshadows
c)
Analyzes
d)
Contradicts
20.
"All I remember is my father drunk most of the time and arguing with mom about money." is an example of____________________.
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Mood
d)
Symbolism
21.
"We must learn to accept the life that is given to us." could be a _______________ of "Flowers for Algernon."
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Theme
d)
Symbol
22.
What is the central conflict of "Flowers for Algernon"?
a)
Charlie vs. himself
b)
Charlie vs. his coworkers
c)
Charlie vs. Algernon
d)
Charlie vs. Drs. Nemur and Strauss
23.
Charlie's relationship with his co-workers is an example of which conflict?
a)
Individual vs. Self
b)
Individual vs. Society
c)
Individual vs. Individual
d)
Individual vs. Technology
24.
Charlie's struggle with his memories is an example of what kind of conflict?
a)
Internal
b)
Implied
c)
External
d)
Exterior
25.
"A week since I dared to write again. It's slipping away like sand through my fingers." is an example of what kind of figurative language?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
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