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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does Charlie attend school at the beginning of the book?
(a) 2 days a week.
(b) 5 days a week.
(c) 4 days a week.
(d) 3 days a week.

2. Who asked Charlie to keep the Progress Report?
(a) Dr. Strauss.
(b) Dr. Lillthorn.
(c) Dr. Kinnian.
(d) Dr. Blumburg.

3. What is Nemur's reply to Charlie's question to him just before the surgery?
(a) Hopefully.
(b) Absolutely.
(c) Maybe.
(d) We don't know.

4. What is Charlie told to write in his progress report?
(a) What he learns at school.
(b) His thoughts on the experiment.
(c) His feelings.
(d) Everything he thinks and remembers.

5. Where is Charlie's sister found by the doctors?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Charlie unable to do what he should on the test given him on the fourth day of the experiment?

2. Why does Charlie start to hate Algernon after his surgery?

3. What does Charlie vow to do after having a talk with Dr. Strauss after his surgery?

4. Who is Charlie's boss at his place of work?

5. What does Charlie think the doctor who gave him the test on the second day of the experiment looks like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Professor Nemur say he will be able to help if the procedure works well on Charlie?

2. What is Charlie supposed to write about in his progress report?

3. What happens to Charlie when he goes the wrong way in his maze on the fourth day of the experiment?

4. Why is Charlie so afraid he failed his Rorschach test?

5. What worries Charlie when he comes back to the bakery after his surgery?

6. What does Burt have Charlie try and do on the fourth day of the experiment?

7. Why is Professor Nemur so hesitant to perform the surgery on Charlie?

8. What does Charlie say he will not be any more once he becomes smart?

9. Why does Charlie not know where his mother and sister are at the beginning of the book?

10. What is a Rorschach test?

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