"Flowers for Algernon"- Comprehension Quiz #1

The story is told from _______ point-of- view.

• Charlie's

• Miss Kinnian's

• Dr. Nemur's

• Dr. Strauss'

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Which word best describes Charlie before the surgery?

• motivated

• stuck-up

• mean

• hateful

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Charlie attends night school for slow adults to try to get smarter before the surgery.

• True

• False

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Charlie was able to see many different pictures in the inkblot (Rorschach) test.

• True

• False

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Before Charlie has the surgery, the doctors tell him that it will probably ______.

• be temporary

• be painful

• cause him to have flashbacks

• cause him to become very ill

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Charlie first meets Algernon when they race through a(n) _______.

• maze

• obstacle course

• video game

• race car course

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Charlie currently has an IQ of 68 before the surgery. The surgery will ______ his IQ.

• triple

• double

• decrease

• multiply by 100

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Charlie doesn't realize that if this surgery works and everyone's intelligence is tripled, he________.

• will once again be at the bottom again

• will still be smarter than everyone

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Charlie is ______ when he wakes up from the surgery because______.

• angry, he is not smarter

• happy, he is so smart

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When Joe Carp and Frank Reilly compare people to Charlie and talk about "pulling a Charlie Gordon", they are________.

• trying to get Charlie to understand how much they like him

• making fun of Charlie

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