Flowers for Algernon

What is the point of view or the story?

• Third Person

• Second Person

• First Person

• Fourth Person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is a THEME of Flowers for Algernon?

• Ignorance is bliss; being smarter doesn't necessarily mean you will be happier.

• Society often mistreats people with disabilities; all people should be treated with kindness, regardless of their abilities.

• Sometimes, science goes too far; it is dangerous to experiment on human beings as if they are lab rats.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The success of the operation in "Flowers for Algernon" is most evident in

• Charlie's entry into Boston College.

• Charlie's ability to read an eye chart.

• Charlie's rapid improvement in spelling and grammar in the journal.

• Charlie's quick rise to chief administrator at the hospital.

At first, the inkblot tests the doctors ask Charlie to perform in "Flowers for Algernon" prove to be

• helpful.
• useless.
• humorous.
• illegal.

At the end, is Charlie glad he participated in the experiment even though the results did not last?

• Yes

• No

• He does not say

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Which of the following does Charlie begin to recognize as his intelligence increases?

• He realizes he loves the girl with whom he works but sees her as inferior to him

• He realizes he is now more intelligent than both of the doctors who performed the experiment

• He realizes he will one day achieve his dream: space travel and the scientific advancements

• He realizes that he will only be intelligent enough to get a high school diploma

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Towards the end of the story, there are SIGNS that Charlie’s intelligence is DECREASING. What are the signs?

• His spelling/grammar start to become wrong again

• He is too slow when he tries to type on the typewrite

• He can't understand things he wrote in his older progress reports

• All the answers are correct

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Why does Charlie write everything down in progress reports? 

• So he doesn't forget
• So he can track his progress
• So the doctors can see his mental capacity
• So Miss Kinnian can assess his writing ability 

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Charlie will be the first __________________. 

• Human being to have his intelligence tripled by surgical means. 
• Human being to race a mouse in a maze. 
• Man with a 68 IQ to take a Rorschach test.
• Human being to go down in history for being motor-vated. 

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In "Flowers for Algernon", throughout the story, the author is able to convey the personalities of the other characters by portraying them through

• Charlie's reactions to them.
• stage directions.
• their own words.
• an introduction to the journal.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3