Plot
Charlie lived briefly at this location as a boy, and, by the end of the book, will return to this institution.
What is the Warren Home?
Charlie lashes out at this character, causing her to move out of his apartment.
Who is Alice?
A lesson in a story is called this.
What is theme?
Charlie says he will not let Algernon's body be put here; instead, he buries Algernon.
What is the incinerator?
This is the narrator of Flowers for Algernon.
Who is Charlie?
Charlie works here and has since he was a boy.
Where is Donner's Bakery?
Charlie watches sports and drinks beer with this character when they are roommates.
Who is Algernon?
This is the type of narrator used in Flowers for Algernon.
What is first person?
Back in the day, this would be used with laundry to make it stiff.
What is starch?
This is the sub-genre of literature that Flowers for Algernon falls in to.
What is science fiction?
Charlie deals with internal conflict when he realizes that this character is stealing from Mr. Donner.
Who is Gimpy?
Toward the end of the book, Charlie reintroduces himself to this character, who admits to being mean to him as a child.
Who is Norma?
A clue about events that will come later in the book is called this.
What is foreshadowing?
This word means to make something sound less bad than it really is.
What is a euphemism?
This character owns a barber shop.
Who is Matt?
Charlie escapes with Algernon after growing frustrated at a conference in this city.
Where is Chicago?
Charlie has a memory of this person chasing him with a knife.
Who is Rose?
Flowers for Algernon is this type of novel because it is written in journal entries.
What is epsitolary?
This person takes notes in meetings or during speeches in shorthand.
What is a stenographer?
This vocabulary word describes a non-romantic relationship.
What is platonic?
Charlie develops a theory that his surgery's effects are temporary; he writes a paper about it and calls it this.
What is the Algernon-Gordon Effect?
Charlie grows frustrated by this character because he makes Charlie feel like a lab rat instead of a person.
Who is Professor Nemur?
An unexpected outcome that shares a deeper meaning is called this.
What is irony?
This is a word used to describe someone who sells things.
What is peddler?
This is Charlie's last request at the end of the book.
What is to put flowers on Algernon's grave in the backyard?