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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Charlie's father's occupation?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Selling barbershop supplies.

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

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

4. What does Charlie do when Nemur asks him to speak to the audience at the conference for the International Psychological Association?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Lets Algernon out of his cage.
(c) Refuses to 'perform'.
(d) Speaks in another language.

5. When does Charlie realize he is in love with Alice?
(a) When she kisses him on the cheek.
(b) When she gives him good advice.
(c) When she stands up to him.
(d) When she blushes at his compliments.

6. Where will Charlie be sent if the procedure does cause him to regress?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) The pyschiatric wing of the hospital.
(c) The Warren Home.
(d) His uncle's house.

7. Where does Charlie find Algernon at the end of the conference for the International Psychological Association?
(a) His cage.
(b) The ladies restroom.
(c) The maze.
(d) His pocket.

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

9. What does Charlie do that causes the random woman who confronts him to scream?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Calls her filthy.
(c) Screams at her.
(d) Grabs her shoulder.

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

11. Where does Charlie spend most of his time once he reaches the peak of his intellectual abilities?
(a) With Alice.
(b) At the college.
(c) Outside in nature.
(d) In the lab.

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

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

14. What upsets Ms. Kinnian when she is talking with Charlie after his procedure one day?
(a) Seeing the low rate of growth in his abilities.
(b) Reading the reviews given him by his therapist.
(c) Seeing his low pay for his work at the bakery.
(d) Reading about the treatment Charlie receives from the people at the bakery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie want to do before he begins his research?

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

3. What happens after the woman that confronts Charlie screams in response to what he does to her?

4. What does Charlie do that angers Alice when he picks her up from the Beekman college one day?

5. How do Alice and Fay feel about each other when they meet one night at Charlie's apartment?

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