Flowers for Algernon Study Guide

What was Charlie's experience during the first inkblot test?

• He sees so many different things, they have to stop the test.

• Compared to Algernon, he performs that test poorly.

• He gets super violent and angry.

• He sees only ink.

Why would Charlie have been a good candidate for the surgery?

• Like Algernon, he is motivated for his "cheese".

• They noted he had a special relationship with Algernon.

• No one else is willing to do it after realizing the potential consequences.

• He wants a better job with a bigger brain.

Why do Charlie's coworkers want him gone?

• They think he's become an awful employee.

• They're terrified of the change in Charlie and his sudden increase of smarts.

• They're totally jealous of his new life.

• He makes their life harder.

What is an element of the langauge of the passage that shows me Charlie's reverting/regressing?

• He suddenly hates Algernon.

• He gets Ms. Kinnian to go on a date with him.

• He learns three new languages.

• His spelling & puncutation becomes very bad.

Describe Charlie's emotional state by the end of the story.

• Full of himself

• Not feeling the pressure anymore, but he resents his scientist buddies.

• Melancholy but hopes for things to work out.

• Hateful and mean to everyone

Define suspicion.

• Distrusting of others' actions.

• To become run down and worse.

• To reflect on the self.

• A person punished for a crime.

Define deterioration.

• To get better.

• To worsen with time.

• To distrust others.

• Self-reflection.

Define introspective.

• Bringing someone in for a crime.

• To distrust others.

• To worsen over time.

• To be self-aware and analyze your own thoughts.

What is one detail that shows me Charlie has below-average intelligence?

• His affection for Algernon.

• His analysis of the doctors' work as being below his own.

• His interactions with Miss Kinnian while they are dating.

• His sentences are very short, basic, and mirror an elementary school child's writing.

What was Charlie's word for the maze?

• Amazing

• Amazed

• Cheese

• Amazering