View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlie watch the animal who has undergone the same experiment he is now a part of do?
(a) Read a sign.
(b) Build with blocks.
(c) Draw a picture.
(d) Run a maze.

2. What is the one thing Charlie wants more than anything in the world?
(a) To find love.
(b) To make his mom proud.
(c) To be normal.
(d) To learn.

3. What does Charlie's new nurse after the surgery refuse to tell him about?
(a) Why he is not smart yet.
(b) Why men love women.
(c) Whether or not there is a God.
(d) Where babies come from.

4. Who suggested that Charlie should be a part of the experiment in the first place?
(a) Charlie's teacher.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Charlie's mom.
(d) Charlie's boss.

5. How does Mr. Donner know Charlie?
(a) He saw Charlie on the street and took him under his wing.
(b) He is Charlie's uncle.
(c) He was Charlie's uncle's best friend.
(d) He is a friend of Charlie's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charlie have lunch with Burt after he is released from the hospital after his surgery?

2. What does Miss Kinnian bring Charlie just before his surgery?

3. What gives Charlie headaches after the surgery?

4. Who is Charlie's sister living with when she is found by the doctors?

5. What good luck charm does Charlie keep to help him be brave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique about the writing style of the first chapter of this book?

2. What trait does Burt say that Algernon and Charlie both share?

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

4. How does Charlie feel about Burt after he takes the Rorschach test?

5. What does Charlie ask Lucille that causes her to get embarrassed and run out of the room?

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

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

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

9. Who gave the doctors permission to include Charlie in their surgical experiment to raise his IQ?

10. What kind of experiment is Charlie a part of at the beginning of this book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 589 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample