Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for A. Vocabulary
Aunty Misery
Aunt Misery - Vocabulary
Authors & Literary Terms
100

Main character

Who is Charlie Gordon?

100

Innocent; having little experience or knowledge

What is naive?

100

The only companion of Aunt Misery

What is a pear tree?

100

friendly treatment to guests

What is hospitality?
100

Author of "Aunty Misery"

Who is Judith Ortiz Cofer?

200

68-185

What is Charlie's range of IQ?

200

Labyrinth

What is maze?

200

The old woman drove crazy for this

What is that children steal fruit from the tree?

200

covered with knots; twisted

What is gnarled?

200

Author of "Flowers for Algernon"

Who is Daniel Keyes?

300

Doctor who performed Charlie's surgery

Who is Dr. Nemur?

300

to leave ashore and abandon

What is marooned?

300

Two things you can always can count on running into in this world

What are Misery and Death?

300

person who makes a journey for religious reasons

What is a pilgrim?

300

Author of "The Three Musketeers"

Who is Alexandre Dumas?

400

Lab mouse who had surgery before Charlie

Who is Algernon?

400

Existing part of the mind that a person isn't aware of

What is subconscious?

400

Aunt Misery's wish

What is that anybody who climbed the tree couldn't come down without her permission?

400

With a voice that sounds rough

What is hoarse?

400

Minor plot that relates to the main story

What is subplot?

500

Charlie's teacher with whom he falls in love

Who is Miss Kinnian?

500

worsening; declining

What is deterioration?

500

Aunt Misery's second visitor

Who is Death?

500

person whose job is to prepare corpses to be buried

What is an undertaker?

500

repeated elements of the plot

What are Parallel Episodes?

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