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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What causes Charlie to start a fight with Nemur at the cocktail party thrown by Mrs. Nemur?
(a) He hears Nemur call him a bad name.
(b) He drinks too much.
(c) Alice says something rude to him.
(d) He feels ignored by the people at the party.

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

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

6. What does Charlie see when he begins to put his arm around Alice at the concert in the park?
(a) His mother coming at him with a knife.
(b) His sister's face.
(c) An angry boy in the bushes watching him.
(d) A police officer staring at him with malice.

7. What are the two categories of patients at the Warren State Home and Training School?
(a) Lucid and Unconscious.
(b) Active and Inactive.
(c) Pleasant and Unpleasant.
(d) Tidy and Untidy.

8. What does Burt give Charlie on the plane to dictate his progress reports?
(a) A type-writer.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A computer.
(d) A leather bound book.

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

10. How does Charlie decide to celebrate his raise at the bakery?
(a) Taking Miss Kinnian to a movie.
(b) Going drinking with the guys from the bakery.
(c) Buying himself a new book.
(d) Having dinner with Ellen

11. What does Charlie catch Gimpy doing at the bakery?
(a) Taking home old bread.
(b) Making smaller loafs.
(c) Stealing money.
(d) Overcharging the customers.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fanny Biden think Charlie has become so smart all of the sudden?

2. How does Charlie pretend to be a student at the college once his IQ hits 100?

3. Why does Charlie's mom slap him when he holds the baby?

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

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

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