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Flowers for Algernon | Quiz

Daniel Keyes
This Study Guide consists of approximately 101 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Flowers for Algernon.

Flowers for Algernon | Quiz

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1)

What do his friends from the bakery bring Charlie just before his surgery? (from Progress Report 6)

Pictures.
Flowers.
Magazines.
Chocolate cake.
2)

How do Alice and Fay feel about each other when they meet one night at Charlie's apartment? (from Progress Report 16)

They pretend not to see each other.
They like each other.
They hate each other.
They are annoyed by the other's presence.
3)

How many days after his surgery does it take for Charlie to start writing in his Progress Report again? (from Progress Report 7)

3.
5.
7.
9.
4)

What does Nemur tell Charlie he will do if the surgery works for Charlie? (from Progress Report 6)

Write a book about Charlie.
Make a lot of money.
Help animals all over the world.
Help other people like Charlie.
5)

What is the name of Charlie's nurse after his surgery? (from Progress Report 7)

Honey.
Harriet.
Hilda.
Hiedi.
6)

What surprises the would-be pranksters at the bakery? (from Progress Report 9)

Charlie is well-liked at the bar.
Charlie uses the dough mixer perfectly.
Charlie checks with his boss before believing the wrong schedule.
Charlie makes people very happy by giving them free bread, and they start shopping at the bakery.
7)

What are the two categories of patients at the Warren State Home and Training School? (from Progress Report 16)

Lucid and Unconscious.
Pleasant and Unpleasant.
Active and Inactive.
Tidy and Untidy.
8)

Where is Charlie when he has his vision of unmultiplying? (from Progress Report 17)

Alice's apartment.
The lab.
Strauss's office.
The park.
9)

How long has Charlie worked at the bakery? (from Progress Report 8)

7 years.
10 years.
5 years.
17 years.
10)

What were Charlie's bandages after his surgery covering? (from Progress Report 7)

His mouth.
His abdomen.
His eyes.
His ears.
11)

What does Charlie do that angers Alice when he picks her up from the Beekman college one day? (from Progress Report 12)

Tries to kiss her.
Calls her by her first name in front of her students.
Swears.
Talks to his old classmates.
12)

What do Charlie's friends from the bakery make him do with Ellen at a party? (from Progress Report 9)

Dance with her.
Walk her home.
Talk with her.
Kiss her.
13)

What does Charlie hope to be able to hold conversations about once he is smart after the surgery? (from Progress Report 7)

Women.
God and politics.
The stock market.
The newspaper.
14)

What does Nemur say during the conference that enrages Charlie? (from Progress Report 13)

Charlie did not have a life worth living until he was smart.
Charlie owes his quality of life to science.
Charlie will never regret his work with Nemur.
Charlie was a useless human being.
15)

What perk mentioned by Nemur just before his surgery does Charlie not care at all about? (from Progress Report 6)

Talents.
Money.
Respect.
Fame.
16)

What does Charlie see when he begins to put his arm around Alice at the concert in the park? (from Progress Report 11)

An angry boy in the bushes watching him.
A police officer staring at him with malice.
His sister's face.
His mother coming at him with a knife.
17)

What does Charlie want to do before he begins his research? (from Progress Report 13)

See his parents.
Apologize to Alice.
Find his sister.
Make love to a woman.
18)

When Charlie was younger, who pushed to keep Charlie in the normal public school system? (from Progress Report 10)

His sister.
His uncle.
His mother.
His father.
19)

What does Charlie say he does not want to have happen to Algernon when he is shown around the lab? (from Progress Report 15)

Denied food for lack of performance.
Incinerated.
Put down.
Shocked.
20)

What causes Charlie to contemplate suicide? (from Progress Report 17)

His horrible meeting with his mother.
His deteriorating intelligence.
His tour of the Warren Home.
His inability to be intimate with Alice.
21)

How does Mr. Donner know Charlie? (from Progress Report 8)

He saw Charlie on the street and took him under his wing.
He is a friend of Charlie's mother.
He is Charlie's uncle.
He was Charlie's uncle's best friend.
22)

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? (from Progress Report 11)

Drinks some coffee.
Reads a book.
Takes a walk.
Smokes a pipe.
23)

What does Ms. Kinnian teach Charlie about after she reads his Progress Reports? (from Progress Report 9)

Penmanship.
Spelling.
Punctuation.
Grammar.
24)

How does Fanny Biden think Charlie has become so smart all of the sudden? (from Progress Report 11)

He prayed really hard.
He took some drugs.
He made a deal with the devil.
He was only pretending to be retarded before.
25)

What is Charlie most excited for just before the surgery? (from Progress Report 6)

To be like a normal person.
To be smarter than his friends.
To read and write well.
To get a promotion at his job.
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