Flowers for Algernon

What are the first clues that the author gives us that Charlie's intelligence is regressing?

• He stops reading books.

• He stops using punctuation correctly.

• He starts misspelling words.

• He shows up in Miss Kinnian's class again.

Throughout the story, Algernon the mouse is used as this kind of literary tool:

• Foreshadowing

• Parallel

• Allusion

• Metaphor

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

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.

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.

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.

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

• sad but hopeful

• relieved but bitter

• angry and resentful

• proud and conceited

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

• 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.

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

• The doctors think Charlie is amazing.

• Charlie thinks Algernon is amazing.

• Algernon is running in a maze.

• Algernon can read.

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.