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Literary Focus
Comprehension I
Comprehension II
Comprehension III
Story Elements
100
Name one repeated parallel episode that happened in Flowers for Algernon? Look at the definition of parallel episodes for help.
What is Mrs. DeCuir has the answer. (multiple answers)
100
Who is Algernon?
What is a mouse
100
What state did Charlie live in (and leave at the conclusion)?
What is New York
100
Who is Joe Carp and Frank Reilly?
What is Charlie's coworkers
100
From what perspective is the story told?
First person point of view
200
Name one repeated parallel episode that happened in Flowers for Algernon? Look at the definition of parallel episodes for help.
What is Mrs. DeCuir has the answer (multiple answers)
200
What were the two doctors names who operated on Charlie?
What is Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur
200
What did Charlie say about Miss Kinnian at the end of Part One?
What is Charlie said he was in love with her
200
Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?
What is he wants to be smart and know things that other people know.
200
How does the perspective of the story help us keep track of Charlie's development?
We can read first-hand how his mind is maturing and developing.
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?
What is Miss Kinnian
300
When Charlie was at the peak of his intelligence, he learned multiple of these...
What is foreign languages.
300
What does Charlie see when he takes the first ink blot test?
What is he cannot see anything besides the ink.
300
What foreshadows the return of Charlie's low intelligence?
Algernon's deterioration and death
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 is a Rorschach Test?
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
What makes Charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner? (What did he realize will soon happen)
What is he will leave her behind intellectually
400
Into what genre can this story fit?
Science Fiction
500
In the story's resolution what happened to Charlie's mental abilities?
What is losing all mental abilities again
500
How was Algernon becoming uncooperative and disturbed foreshadowing in Flowers for Algernon?
What is the same thing will eventually happen to Charlie.
500
Charlie leaves New York because he doesn't want people to...
What is feel sorry for him.
500
Name two different sub plots in the story. Hint: reread the definition of sub plot.
What is see Mrs. Dahlkamp for multiple answers
500
What is the main internal conflict in the story?
Charlie's intellect and his emotions