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Flowers for Algernon
Vocab
Misc.
100

Why are all the men in the family called "Stanley Yelnats" ?

It's spelled the same forward and backward.


100

What does the Warden use to make her nail polish's special color?

Rattlesnake venom

100

What causes Charlie Gordon's mental disability?

A buildup of protein in his brain

100

Insist

To demand forcefully
100

What is the chemical symbol for lead?

Pb

200

What is Stanley's dad's job?

Inventor

200

What is a trope that Louis Sachar uses, especially for the wives in the story?

Angels

200

What type of product does Mr. Donnegan's factory make?

Plastic boxes

200

Tangible

Something you can touch

200

Who has won the most amount of Oscars in history?

Walt Disney

300

What sport did Clyde Livingston play?

100 pt. bonus if you know the team

Baseball for the Texas Rangers

300

What is the rhyme scheme called that Edgar Allan Poe uses within each line of the poem "Annabel Lee" ?

Internal rhyme

ABAB

300
What do the scientists use to compare Algernon and Charlie at the start of the experiment?

Mazes

300

Grotesque

Very disgusting

300

What is it called when something spelled the same forward and backward?

A palindrome

400

What was the first job Katherine Barlow asked Sam to fix?

The schoolhouse roof when it rains

400

Who did Trout Walker marry, and why was it weird?

Linda Miller - she was Katherine Barlow's former student and much younger

400

How does the author, Daniel Keyes, visually show that Charlie's mental state is deteriorating?

His spelling and grammar start to become worse.

400

Vile

Extremely unpleasant

500

What was Trout Walker's real first name?

Charles

500

What metaphor does Madame Zeroni use to describe how stupid Myra Menke is?

"Her head is as empty as a flowerpot."

500
How does Charlie reconnect with his father, and how is he physically hurt?

At his father's barbershop, he is cut

500

Refuge

A condition of being safe or sheltered