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

3. Where is Charlie when a random woman offers to go home with him?
(a) Central Park.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The college.
(d) The hospital.

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

5. What does Fay do while Charlie is away at the peak of his intellectual abilities?
(a) Becomes good friends with Alice.
(b) Paints a picture of herself and Charlie.
(c) Searches for Charlie.
(d) Finds a new boyfriend.

6. Which of the following is NOT a word which Charlie uses to describe a stage of his relationship with Alice?
(a) Love.
(b) Fondness.
(c) Obligation.
(d) Worship.

7. What is Charlie's father's occupation when he finds him after moving into his own apartment?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Barber.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Salesman.

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

9. 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) Like she is getting dumber.
(c) That he is being tortured.
(d) That she pushed him too hard.

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 is his only true friend.
(c) Gimpy is his leader.
(d) Gimpy has a family.

11. What does the random woman say to Charlie that causes him to think she is disgusting?
(a) She is 5 months pregnant.
(b) She is 17.
(c) She has an STD.
(d) She is a virgin.

12. What is Charlie's favorite kind of book to read when his IQ reaches 100?
(a) Classic novels.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Romances.
(d) History.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two categories of patients at the Warren State Home and Training School?

2. Where is the conference for the International Psychological Association being held?

3. What does Charlie catch Gimpy doing at the bakery?

4. What kind of a joke do Charlie's friends at the bakery play on him?

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

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