Charlie
People and Charlie
Literary focus
Vocabulary
100
Why does Charlie fail his first inkblot test?
What is he can't understand what he is supposed to see besides ink?
100
What do the factory workers mean by saying someone "pulled a Charlie Gordon"
What is someone did something stupid
100
Which of the following episodes is repeated in the story to make parallel episodes? a. Charlie has an operation b. Charlie has dinner with Miss Kinnian c. The factory workers force charlie to leave his work d. The factory workers get Charlie drunk
What is D
100
looking inward
What is introspective
200
Why does Charlie have the operation?
What is he wants to be smart and know things like other people do?
200
When Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur argue about Charlie, Charlie _____________________ a. thinks Dr. Strauss should take credit for the experiment b. thinks he has done something wrong c. feels like he has seen both men clearly for the 1st time d. feels like he is just an experiment to the two doctors
What is C
200
How is the subplot involving Charlie and the scientist resolved?
What is Charlie overtakes them in intelligence and finds a flaw in their experiment
200
worsening; declining
What is deterioration?
300
What makes charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?
What is he knows he will leave her behind intellectually?
300
Which event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie? a. The boy drops a plate b. The doctors research is incomplete c. Algernon becomes uncooperative and disturbed d. Charlie is given a lab of his own
What is C.
300
What is Charlies main conflict throughout the story?
What is trying to understand his own mind and the nature of his intelligence
300
To hide
What is obscure?
400
Charlie hopes that when he becomes smarter, people will be_________________-
What is more friendly?
400
What is Charlie's most important discovery when he becomes a genius?
What is his theory about how quickly artifical intelligence deteriorates.
400
In the story's resolution, Charlie________________ a. regrets the operation b. becomes Miss kinnian's student c. gained and experience but lost his mental ability d. is the same as he was in the beginning of the story
What is C.
400
return to an earlier or less advanced condition.
What is regression
500
Why does charlie leave New York
What is he does not want people to feel sorry for him?
500
How can we tell by reading the story that charlie is getting smarter?
What is his spelling becomes more clear.
500
How does Charlie keep track of his progress
What is he writed things down in his progress report journal
500
worsening; decline
What is deterioration
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