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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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 will not share the prize.
(d) She is caught cheating.

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

6. What happens after the woman that confronts Charlie screams in response to what he does to her?
(a) Charlie sees a halucination of a little boy again.
(b) Charlie has a flash-back memory of his family.
(c) A crowd chases after him.
(d) The woman cries.

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

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

9. 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.

10. How do Alice and Fay feel about each other when they meet one night at Charlie's apartment?
(a) They like each other.
(b) They pretend not to see each other.
(c) They are annoyed by the other's presence.
(d) They hate each other.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fay's occupation?

2. What does Charlie promise himself he will do the next time he is out with Alice after he tells her he likes her?

3. What was Charlie's father's occupation?

4. What does Charlie build for Algernon in his own furnished apartment?

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

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