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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Charlie promise himself he will do the next time he is out with Alice after he tells her he likes her?
(a) Explain himself.
(b) Ignore his funny feelings.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Pretend he never said those things.

6. What was Charlie's father's occupation?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Selling barbershop supplies.
(d) Farmer.

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

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

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

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

11. 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 would steal his lunch and laugh at him.
(c) Kids would make fun of the way he talked when he thought they were his friends.
(d) Kids were cruel to him when they tripped him at recess.

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

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

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

15. How high is Charlie's IQ when he remembers the story about his sister and the History test?
(a) 195.
(b) 175.
(c) 165.
(d) 185.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where will Charlie be sent if the procedure does cause him to regress?

4. What causes Charlie to start a fight with Nemur at the cocktail party thrown by Mrs. Nemur?

5. What does Nemur say during the conference that enrages Charlie?

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