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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ms. Kinnian teach Charlie about after she reads his Progress Reports?
(a) Penmanship.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Punctuation.

4. How does Fanny Biden think Charlie has become so smart all of the sudden?
(a) He prayed really hard.
(b) He was only pretending to be retarded before.
(c) He took some drugs.
(d) He made a deal with the devil.

5. What does Charlie do that angers Alice when he picks her up from the Beekman college one day?
(a) Tries to kiss her.
(b) Talks to his old classmates.
(c) Calls her by her first name in front of her students.
(d) Swears.

6. How does Charlie pretend to be a student at the college once his IQ hits 100?
(a) Writes nonsense in a notebook.
(b) Carries books around campus.
(c) Carries a backpack.
(d) Sits in on classes.

7. When Charlie was younger, who pushed to keep Charlie in the normal public school system?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

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

9. What does Charlie think of his sister when she is first brought home from the hospital?
(a) She is perfect and warm.
(b) She cries a lot.
(c) She is like a little doll.
(d) She is ugly.

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

11. Why does Charlie's mom slap him when he holds the baby?
(a) Charlie is holding her wrong.
(b) Charlie is rough with everything.
(c) She is always cruel to Charlie.
(d) She is afraid he will hurt the baby.

12. What does Charlie realize about his childhood while he is at the party with Ellen?
(a) Kids would play tricks on him when they played hide and seek.
(b) Kids would steal his lunch and laugh at him.
(c) Kids would make fun of the way he talked when he thought they were his friends.
(d) Kids were cruel to him when they tripped him at recess.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie learn about Algernon at the conference for the International Psychological Association?

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

3. When does Charlie first realize that women's bodies are different than men's?

4. Who observes Algernon in his old maze when Charlie returns him to the lab?

5. What causes Charlie to start a fight with Nemur at the cocktail party thrown by Mrs. Nemur?

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