Algernon
What is the outcome for Algernon by the end of the story?
He dies
How does Charlie's intelligence change throughout the story?
What is he becomes highly intelligent but later regresses?
What point of view is the story in?
First person
This employee is stealing from the bakery
Gimpy
a marshy, slow moving body of water that is often a tributary of a river or lake- used in the southern United States.
bayou
What does Algernon's behavior represent throughout the story?
What is the effects of the intelligence experiment?
What happens with the pregnant woman on the park bench?
Charlie scares and grabs her, before being chased by a mob.
Why does Daniel Keyes vary the writing style?
To show Charlie's growth and regression
Who owns the bakery?
Mr. Donner
a loud and boisterous laugh.
guffaw
What is Algernon's primary motivation?
What is food?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Name a flashback and the way it effects Charlie
Answers may vary
How does foreshadowing play a role in the story?
What is it hints at Charlie's eventual decline in intelligence?
DOUBLE STAMPARDY
What city does this novel take place in?
NY, NY
an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean.
archipelago
What happens to Algernon that foreshadows Charlie's fate?
What is he loses his intelligence and dies?
How does Charlie's relationship with his co-workers change after the experiment?
What is they initially respect him but later feel threatened?
What happens to Charlie's room throughout the story?
It becomes neat then messy again
This character represents human warmth and kindness
Who is Alice Kinnian
an ancient Mesopotamian temple consisting of a pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top.
ziggurat
How does Charlie initially feel about Algernon?
What is he views him as a rival but later as a friend?
Why does Algernon bite Charlie?
He is beginning to mentally regress
What are the chapters in "F4A" referred to?
Progress Reports
How old is Charlie at the beginning of the text?
32 (early 30s is fine)
to become worse as time goes on; to become painful and infected
fester