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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How do Charlie's co-workers respond to the drastic change in Charlie as he becomes more intelligent?
(a) They are hostile.
(b) They are disappointed.
(c) They are happy.
(d) They are scared.

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

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

5. Why does Charlie have a hard time focusing on the movies when he takes Ms. Kinnian out to them?
(a) They are too loud.
(b) He keeps thinking about other things.
(c) He gets nervous in dark places like theaters.
(d) He would rather look at her.

6. What does Charlie wish he could see more clearly in his past memories?
(a) His own body.
(b) His house.
(c) His surroundings.
(d) His parent's faces.

7. When does Charlie first realize that women's bodies are different than men's?
(a) When he sees an old woman being bathed.
(b) When he sees Norma in the shower.
(c) When he is shown a dirty magazine.
(d) When he sees his mother changing.

8. 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) Refuses to 'perform'.
(c) Lets Algernon out of his cage.
(d) Speaks in another language.

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

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

11. 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.

12. Why is Charlie's sister denied the promised reward for her A on the history test?
(a) She is caught cheating.
(b) She will not share the prize.
(c) She is too haughty about her success.
(d) She fails a spelling test on the same day.

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

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

15. What does Charlie do to fit in and look smart once his IQ reaches 100 even though he knows it is silly?
(a) Wears his hats backwards.
(b) Takes a dance class.
(c) Wears University themed clothing.
(d) Smokes a pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Charlie not allowed to fix the errors in his earlier entries in the Progress Report?

2. Which of the following is NOT a name that Charlie hears his doctors calling each other during a fight?

3. Who has paid for his life of comfort should Charlie regress to where he was before the procedure?

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

5. Why does Charlie hesitate to turn Gimpy in when he catches him doing something wrong at the bakery?

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