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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two categories of patients at the Warren State Home and Training School?
(a) Active and Inactive.
(b) Tidy and Untidy.
(c) Lucid and Unconscious.
(d) Pleasant and Unpleasant.

2. Why is Charlie not allowed to fix the errors in his earlier entries in the Progress Report?
(a) They don't want it to upset him.
(b) They want to see his progress.
(c) It would disrupt the process.
(d) They need a record of the past.

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

4. What does Nemur say during the conference that enrages Charlie?
(a) Charlie owes his quality of life to science.
(b) Charlie will never regret his work with Nemur.
(c) Charlie did not have a life worth living until he was smart.
(d) Charlie was a useless human being.

5. What surprises the would-be pranksters at the bakery?
(a) Charlie makes people very happy by giving them free bread, and they start shopping at the bakery.
(b) Charlie checks with his boss before believing the wrong schedule.
(c) Charlie uses the dough mixer perfectly.
(d) Charlie is well-liked at the bar.

6. How many people are housed at the Warren State Home and Training School?
(a) 400.
(b) 500.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 1,500.

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

8. Where is the conference for the International Psychological Association being held?
(a) Salt Lake.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.

9. What did Gimpy once give Charlie after trying to teach him to make rolls?
(a) A dollar.
(b) A shiny good-luck piece.
(c) A hot roll out of the oven.
(d) An empty notebook.

10. Why does Charlie hesitate to turn Gimpy in when he catches him doing something wrong at the bakery?
(a) Gimpy has always been nice to him.
(b) Gimpy has a family.
(c) Gimpy is his leader.
(d) Gimpy is his only true friend.

11. Who has paid for his life of comfort should Charlie regress to where he was before the procedure?
(a) Professor Nemur.
(b) Mr. Donner.
(c) The Welburg Foundation.
(d) The Beekman College.

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

13. How does Professor Nemur respond to Charlie's return to the lab after his time in his own apartment?
(a) He is angry, but satisfied.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) His is immensely relieved.
(d) He is cold and severe.

14. What does Charlie do to spoil the evening when he tells Alice that he likes her?
(a) Spills water on her.
(b) Drops his meal on the floor.
(c) Swears.
(d) Passes gas.

15. What kind of a joke do Charlie's friends at the bakery play on him?
(a) They tell him to use the dough mixer.
(b) They take him to a bar and get him drunk.
(c) They give him the wrong work schedule.
(d) They tell him to make extra deliveries on his route.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charlie spend most of his time once he reaches the peak of his intellectual abilities?

2. How high is Charlie's IQ when he remembers the story about his sister and the History test?

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

4. What does Charlie see when he begins to put his arm around Alice at the concert in the park?

5. Why is there a two week gap in the Progress Report?

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