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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Ignore his funny feelings.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Explain himself.
(d) Pretend he never said those things.

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) Takes a walk.
(b) Drinks some coffee.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Smokes a pipe.

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

4. Why is Charlie's sister denied the promised reward for her A on the history test?
(a) She fails a spelling test on the same day.
(b) She is too haughty about her success.
(c) She is caught cheating.
(d) She will not share the prize.

5. What present does Fay bring for Algernon one day?
(a) A maze.
(b) A tiny bow tie.
(c) A female mouse.
(d) A bag of peanuts.

6. 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) Refuses to 'perform'.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Lets Algernon out of his cage.

7. After talking with some college students when his IQ has reached 100, what does Charlie think that college is?
(a) The place where all former beliefs are challenged.
(b) The place to learn how to really live.
(c) The place where you can be free to be yourself.
(d) The place where dreams come true.

8. What does Charlie do during his free time at the college when his IQ reaches 100?
(a) Eats at the cafeteria.
(b) Watches the sporting events.
(c) Listens to the student's conversations.
(d) Talks with the students.

9. Who does Charlie think about while he is with Fay in his new apartment?
(a) Nemur.
(b) Alice.
(c) Norma.
(d) His mother.

10. What does Nemur telll Charlie not to read about until Nemur says he is ready?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

11. After he tells Alice he likes her, what does Charlie have a nightmare about?
(a) Alice with a knife.
(b) Alice covered in blood.
(c) Alice with another man.
(d) Alice laughing at him.

12. How does Alice feel when she goes home after talking with Charlie when his IQ has surpassed her own?
(a) That it is unnatural.
(b) That he is being tortured.
(c) Like she is getting dumber.
(d) That she pushed him too hard.

13. What does Charlie build for Algernon in his own furnished apartment?
(a) A maze.
(b) A running wheel.
(c) A cage.
(d) A house.

14. What does Burt give Charlie on the plane to dictate his progress reports?
(a) A leather bound book.
(b) A computer.
(c) A type-writer.
(d) A tape recorder.

15. Where did Norma think his brother was before she was contacted about the surgery?
(a) Jail.
(b) Dead.
(c) An institution.
(d) With her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie realize about his childhood while he is at the party with Ellen?

2. What is Charlie's mother's name?

3. How does Fanny Biden think Charlie has become so smart all of the sudden?

4. What frustrates Nemur at the conference for the International Psychological Association?

5. What does Charlie think of his sister when she is first brought home from the hospital?

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