Flowers for Algernon Short Story Review Quiz

What happens during Charlie's first inkblot test?

• He sees many pictures.

• He cannot see any pictures.

• He becomes violent.

• He gets in trouble.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why do the doctors decide to use Charlie in the experiment?

• He is motivated.

• He wants a better job.

• He bonded with Algernon.

• He was the only person available.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why do Charlie's co-workers want him fired?

• They are jealous of him.

• They think he lies and steals.

• They are fearful and distrustful of the changes in him.

• They resent him for doing well.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is one aspect of the text that shows Charlie returning to his former condition?

• He learns German.

• He hates Algernon.

• He begins to make spelling errors.

• He asks Miss Kinnian to dinner.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What phrase best describes Charlie at the end of the story?

• sad but hopeful

• relieved but bitter

• angry and resentful

• proud and conceited

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What conclusion about Charlie is most clearly supported by this excerpt from the text?

I hope they use me. Miss Kinnian says they can make me smart. I want to be smart. My name is Charlie Gordon. I am 37 years old. I have nothing more to rite now so I will close.

• He cannot control his temper.

• He has below average intelligence.

• He sees and hears things that are not there.

• He cannot hold down a job.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What conclusion can the reader draw from this excerpt of the text?

Algernon was in a box with a lot of twists and turns like all kinds of walls and they gave me a pencil and a paper with lines and lots of boxes. On one side it said START and on the other side it said FINISH. They said it was amazed.

• The doctors think Charlie is amazing.

• Charlie thinks Algernon is amazing.

• Algernon is running in a maze.

• Algernon can read.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the main reason Charlie wants to be smart?

• He is very competitive.

• He knows he is different and wants to be more like other people.

• He want to please Miss Kinnian.

• He is lonely.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which quote lets you know that Charlie wants to be more like other people?

• Anyway that test made me feel even worser than the others because they did the amazed over 10 times and Algernon won every time.

• I never noticed before how beautiful Miss Kinnian really is.

• How strange it is that people...would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs...think nothing of abusing a man born with low intelligence.

• I see that even in my dullness I knew that I was inferior...Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

From what point of view is Flowers for Algernon told from?

• 1st person--Charlie's perspective

• 1st person--the doctor's perspective

• 3rd person--the narrator tells the thoughts of many characters

• 3rd person--the narrator tells the thoughts of Miss Kinnian

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3