Comprehension
Question:
What happens during Charlie’s first inkblot test?
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➡️ He sees nothing.
Why does Charlie want to be smart?
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➡️ To be like other people.
What does suspicion mean?
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➡️ Thinking something is wrong.
What caused Charlie to get surgery?
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➡️ He wanted to be smart.
What is one message of the story?
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➡️ Being smart isn’t everything.
Why do the doctors choose Charlie for the experiment?
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➡️ He wants to learn.
How does Charlie feel at the beginning?
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➡️ Hopeful.
What does deterioration mean?
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➡️ Getting worse.
What happened right after the surgery?
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➡️ He got smarter.
What does the story say about science?
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➡️ It can cause harm.
What happens to Algernon later in the story?
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➡️ He gets worse.
How does Charlie feel when he gets smarter?
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➡️ Lonely.
What does introspective mean?
➡️ Thinking about yourself.
Why does Charlie worry later?
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➡️ Algernon gets worse.
Who shows the danger of the experiment?
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➡️ Algernon.
Which detail BEST shows Charlie’s intelligence is declining?
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➡️ His spelling gets bad again.
What does Charlie realize about people?
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➡️ They laughed at him.
Which word means “getting worse”?
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➡️ Deterioration.
What happens when Charlie gets too smart?
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➡️ He loses friends.
What goes wrong with the experiment?
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➡️ It doesn’t last.
How is Charlie at the end of the story?
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➡️ Sad but hopeful.
Does being smart make Charlie happy?
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➡️ No.
Which word means “thinking deeply”?
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➡️ Introspective.
Why does Charlie leave at the end?
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➡️ To protect others.
Does the experiment help forever?
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➡️ No.