View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Charlie headaches after the surgery?
(a) The electric treatments.
(b) The medicine he has to take.
(c) His lack of sleep.
(d) Thinking too hard.

2. What do the doctors tell Charlie about the results of the Rorschach test the day afterward?
(a) No one can fail that test.
(b) He had a perfect score.
(c) They are worried about his results.
(d) It does not matter.

3. What do Charlie's friends in the hospital bring Charlie before his surgery?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) Flowers.

4. Who is Charlie's sister living with when she is found by the doctors?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

5. Where does Charlie have lunch with Burt after he is released from the hospital after his surgery?
(a) The hospital cafeteria.
(b) The bakery.
(c) The college restaurant.
(d) A fast food joint.

6. How does Charlie feel just before the surgery?
(a) Scared.
(b) Eager.
(c) Happy.
(d) Confused.

7. What characteristic does Burt say Charlie and Algernon share?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Humility.
(d) Motivation.

8. What color is the room where Charlie's surgery takes place?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

9. What is Charlie supposed to do for a test on the fourth day of the experiment?
(a) Write a funny story.
(b) Categorize a pile of pictures.
(c) Make up stories about people.
(d) Tell two truths and a lie about himself.

10. What kind of experiment is Charlie a part of?
(a) Something to raise his IQ.
(b) Something to increase reflex timing.
(c) Something to monitor thinking habits.
(d) Something to slow the effects of aging.

11. Why does Charlie not like writing in his Progress Report by the third day?
(a) It hurts his head.
(b) It makes him feel stupid.
(c) It takes a long time.
(d) He does not like the way it looks.

12. Who are the only patients of this experiment before Charlie?
(a) Intelligent people.
(b) Vegitative people.
(c) Animals.
(d) No one.

13. Why does Charlie start to hate Algernon after his surgery?
(a) He is mad that the procedure worked for the mouse, but not for him.
(b) He keeps losing the maze races to him.
(c) He does not like small animals.
(d) He does not trust the mouse's beady eyes.

14. What good luck charm does Charlie keep to help him be brave?
(a) A lucky penny.
(b) A picture of his mother.
(c) A rabbit's foot.
(d) A special rock.

15. What is the name of Charlie's nurse after his surgery?
(a) Honey.
(b) Hilda.
(c) Hiedi.
(d) Harriet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Charlie lose against the animal who has undergone the same experiment that Charlie is now a part of?

2. Why does Strauss tell Charlie he will not notice his improvement at first after the surgery?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of Charlie's friends from the bakery?

4. How long has Charlie worked at the bakery?

5. Who does Charlie want to talk to first when he gets smart after his surgery?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 492 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample