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"Flowers for Algernon" Reports 1 - 12 Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The main character's name is _____________. 
a)
Charles Gordin  
b)
Charlie Gordon 
c)
Algernon Gordon 
d)
Charles Barkley 
2.
Why does Charlie have a difficult time with the tests administered by the doctors? 
a)
Because he has an IQ of 68 
b)
He is distracted by the colors 
c)
He is nervous
d)
The doctor is not giving him enough time to take the test
3.
What is his night school teacher's name? 
a)
Mrs. Krimlin
b)
Mrs. Kinnian 
c)
Mrs. Flannigan 
d)
Mrs. Kinnyun
4.
What does his night school teacher tell the doctors about him? 
a)
He's really slow and he's a lot of work. 
b)
He's her best student because he's very motivated. 
c)
Other adults make fun of his ability
d)
He's really funny
5.
Charlie competes against a mouse on which of these? 
a)
Mazes
b)
Puzzles 
c)
Cheese eating contests
d)
Running in a hamster wheel
6.
Charlie will be the first __________________. 
a)
Human being to have his intelligence tripled by surgical means. 
b)
Human being to race a mouse in a maze. 
c)
Man with a 68 IQ to take a Rorschach test.
d)
Human being to go down in history for being motor-vated. 
7.
In Progress Report 7, how does Charlie feel? 
a)
Angry that Algernon always beats him, upset that he's not seeing progress with the tests after the operation. 
b)
Upset that Algernon has to stay locked up and that he can't play with Algernon
c)
Happy that he's beginning to feel better after the operation. 
d)
Excited to take another test to see if he's gotten smarter. 
8.
Charlie's friends at the factory are _______________________. 
a)
Mean and make fun of him. 
b)
Great friends and very supportive.
c)
Petty and underhanded. 
d)
As mentally inept as Charlie. 
9.

Why is Charlie angry in Progress Report 11?

a)

Knowing that people are making fun of him

b)

He is mad at Miss Kinnion

c)

Because the operation did not work

d)

The doctors are not being nice to him

10.

What test does Charlie have to take again?

a)

A physical

b)

A driving test

c)

A Rorschach test

d)

A reading test

11.

How are people at the factory treating Charlie after he becomes smarter?

a)

They are very nice to him and want to be good friends

b)

They still make fun of him and laugh at him

c)

They are sad for him

d)

They are afraid of him and want him fired

12.

When Charlie is talking to one of his coworkers from the factory, she makes a reference to Eve and the forbidden apple (a story from the Bible) to describe how people feel about Charlie. Which literary element is this an example of?

a)

an allusion

b)

an idiom

c)

foreshadowing

d)

personification

13.

What emotional change occurs within Charlie at the end of Progress Report 11?

a)

He begins to dislike Algernon again

b)

He falls in love with Miss Kinnion

c)

He becomes best friends with his boss

d)

He doesn't feel any emotions

14.

How does Charlie's opinions on the Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur begin to change?

a)

He begins to blame them for all of his problems

b)

He refuses to talk to them anymore

c)

He seems to think he is smarter now than they are

d)

He becomes best friends with them

15.

Charlie tells the story of a young boy who is a dishwasher. What does the boy do that makes his boss angry?

a)

drops dishes and breaks them

b)

doesn't wash the dishes well enough

c)

forgets to clear all of the tables properly

d)

comes in late to work

16.

Why does Charlie feel bad for the dishwasher?

a)

He ends up getting fired from his job

b)

He doesn't have anyone to love like Charlie does

c)

He doesn't like his job

d)

He is being made fun of just like Charlie had once

17.

What does Charlie finally decide he wants to use his knowledge and skills to do?

a)

Working in the hospital as a doctor

b)

To increase human intelligence

c)

To write a book about his life

d)

To go back to the factory and fix things

18.

Which of the following is a change that has taken place in Charlie?

a)

He uses higher level of vocabulary

b)

His writing contains proper spelling and punctuation

c)

He has more emotion and understanding of people

d)

all of the above