Literary Focus
Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Comprehension 3
Vocabulary
100
Name one repeated parallel episode that happened in Flowers for Algernon?
What is Charlie and Algernon's intellectual regression.
100
Who is Algernon?
What is a mouse that was experimented on.
100
What state did Charlie live in (and leave at the conclusion)?
What is New York.
100
Who are Joe Carp and Frank Reilly?
Who are Charlie's coworkers at the bakery.
100
What does deterioration mean? Because of his mental deterioration, Charlie could no longer read German.
What is worsening, decline.
200
Name one repeated parallel episode that happened in Flowers for Algernon?
What is Charlie and Algernon's increased intelligence.
200
What were the two doctors names who operated on Charlie?
What is Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur.
200
Why did Charlie get fired from his job at the bakery?
What is Charlie was becoming mean and rude towards the workers.
200
Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?
What is he wants to be smart and know things that other people know.
200
What does regression mean? After his regression, the mouse could no longer find his way through the maze.
What is return to an earlier or less advanced condition.
300
When Charlie is at the peak of his intelligence, what does he realize about Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemar's intelligence compared to his?
What is Charlie is more intelligent than both of them.
300
Who regrets allowing Charlie to receive the operation?
Who is Miss Kinnian.
300
What did Dr. Strauss mean when he referred to Charlie as a "mistake of nature"?
What is people like Charlie shouldn't exist.
300
What does Charlie see when he takes the first ink blot test?
What is he cannot see anything besides the ink.
300
What does obscure mean? Charlie wanted to obscure the fact that he was losing his intelligence.
What is to hide.
400
What is Charlie's main internal conflict throughout the story?
What is trying to understand his own mind and the nature of intelligence (wants to become more intelligent).
400
What test did Dr. Nemur conduct with Charlie at the beginning of the movie?
What is an ink blot test.
400
What do the factory workers mean when they say someone "pulled a Charlie Gordon"?
What is someone did something stupid.
400
Near the end of the movie, what makes Miss Kinnian upset about Charlie's regression (hint: what does Charlie want her to do)?
What is Charlie wants her to leave because Charlie will soon forget their romantic feelings and he doesn't want to hurt her.
400
What does verified mean? Charlie wanted the results of his research verified by other scientists.
What is confirmed.
500
In the story's resolution what happened to Charlie's mental abilities?
What is losing all mental abilities again.
500
Near the end of the movie, what worries Charlie the most about Algernon's intellectual regression?
What is the same thing will eventually happen to Charlie.
500
At the end of the movie, Charlie asks Miss Kinnian to...
What is continue to put flowers on Algernon's grave.
500
Name two different sub plots in the story.
What is see Mr. Williams for the answers.
500
What does refute mean? Charlie used his research to refute the work of Drs. Nemur and Strauss.
What is prove wrong using evidence.
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