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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After talking with some college students when his IQ has reached 100, what does Charlie think that college is?
(a) The place where you can be free to be yourself.
(b) The place to learn how to really live.
(c) The place where dreams come true.
(d) The place where all former beliefs are challenged.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. What does Ms. Kinnian teach Charlie about after she reads his Progress Reports?
(a) Spelling.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Penmanship.
(d) Punctuation.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gimpy once give Charlie after trying to teach him to make rolls?

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

3. What is Algernon doing when Charlie finds him at the end of the conference for the International Psychological Association?

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

5. What does Burt give Charlie on the plane to dictate his progress reports?

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