Plot
The setting of the story (state)
New York
Flowers for Algernon is a part of this genre
Fiction
To prove wrong with evidence
What is refute?
True or False: Charlie Gordon has above average intelligence at the beginning of the story.
false
What does Charlie see during his first inkblot test?
nothing
Miss Kinnian's relationship to Charlie Gordon changes throughout the story. What are the two different roles that she plays in his life?
teacher and romantic interest
Flowers for Algernon is written by this man
Daniel Keyes
Another word for hidden
What is obscure?
True or False: The doctors choose Charlie for the experiment because he is motivated to try to learn.
true
What does Algernon do to Charlie towards the end of the story?
Algernon bites him
When Charlie leaves New York at the end of the story it is because he
He didn't want people to feel sorry for him.
Flowers for Algernon is told from this point of view.
1st person
thoughtful; inward looking
What is introspective?
True or False? At the end of the story, Charlie takes Algernon and together they leave New York.
false
Who were Joe Carp and Frank Rielly?
Charlie's "friends"/bullies
Whose point of view is the story in?
Charlie's point of view
The story is called Flowers for Algernon because
Charlie delivers flowers to Algernon's grave
To make an educated guess based on details from the story
What is an inference?
True or False: Charlie goes to college and becomes a doctor at the end of the story?
false
What happens to Charlie at the end of the story?
He regresses back to being of below average intelligence.
The doctors who were in charge of Charlie's operation and experiment
Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur
What form does this story take? How is it written?
in progress reports written by Charlie
damaged or weakened
impaired
True or False: Algernon becomes aggressive at the end of the story?
true
The author of "Flowers for Algernon" views science as... (what is the message he is sending)
Science may do unexpected harm.