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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Charlie's father's occupation?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Selling barbershop supplies.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Farmer.

2. What does Charlie do to calm himself when he wakes up after his nightmare about Alice on the night after he tellls her he likes her?
(a) Smokes a pipe.
(b) Drinks some coffee.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Takes a walk.

3. What does Charlie say he does not want to have happen to Algernon when he is shown around the lab?
(a) Denied food for lack of performance.
(b) Put down.
(c) Incinerated.
(d) Shocked.

4. Who denies Charlie's sister the promised reward for the A on her History test?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) Her uncle.

5. Who observes Algernon in his old maze when Charlie returns him to the lab?
(a) Strauss.
(b) Nemur.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Burt.

6. What frustrates Nemur at the conference for the International Psychological Association?
(a) People ask Charlie about the experiment instead of him.
(b) Charlie is silent and sulky the whole time.
(c) Charlie knows more of the research material than he does.
(d) Charlie keeps leaving the area.

7. What did Charlie give Harriet on Valentines Day when he was younger?
(a) A cake.
(b) A picture frame.
(c) A poem.
(d) A locket.

8. Which of the following is NOT a name that Charlie hears his doctors calling each other during a fight?
(a) Opportunist.
(b) Cynic.
(c) Chauvinist.
(d) Pessimist.

9. What does Charlie do that causes the random woman who confronts him to scream?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Screams at her.
(c) Calls her filthy.
(d) Grabs her shoulder.

10. What does Charlie do when Nemur asks him to speak to the audience at the conference for the International Psychological Association?
(a) Speaks in another language.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Lets Algernon out of his cage.
(d) Refuses to 'perform'.

11. Where is Charlie when a random woman offers to go home with him?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The college.
(d) Central Park.

12. Why is there a two week gap in the Progress Report?
(a) Charlie is too busy reading and studying.
(b) Charlie is tired of writing.
(c) Charlie tears up those pages as they are personal.
(d) Charlie tries to quit the program.

13. What does Charlie catch Gimpy doing at the bakery?
(a) Taking home old bread.
(b) Making smaller loafs.
(c) Overcharging the customers.
(d) Stealing money.

14. When does Charlie first realize that women's bodies are different than men's?
(a) When he sees Norma in the shower.
(b) When he sees an old woman being bathed.
(c) When he sees his mother changing.
(d) When he is shown a dirty magazine.

15. What does Nemur compare Charlie's curiosity about his future to?
(a) Willingly drowning in sorrow.
(b) Ensuring a dark and dismal future.
(c) Looking at his own coffin.
(d) Watching a video of his death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie promise himself he will do the next time he is out with Alice after he tells her he likes her?

2. Why does Charlie have a hard time focusing on the movies when he takes Ms. Kinnian out to them?

3. What does Charlie do that angers Alice when he picks her up from the Beekman college one day?

4. How does Alice feel when she goes home after talking with Charlie when his IQ has surpassed her own?

5. How does Charlie decide to celebrate his raise at the bakery?

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