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

2. What surprises the would-be pranksters at the bakery?
(a) Charlie is well-liked at the bar.
(b) Charlie checks with his boss before believing the wrong schedule.
(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.

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

4. What is Charlie's mother's name?
(a) Rose.
(b) Rosita.
(c) Rita.
(d) Ronnie.

5. How does Alice feel when she goes home after talking with Charlie when his IQ has surpassed her own?
(a) Like she is getting dumber.
(b) That she pushed him too hard.
(c) That it is unnatural.
(d) That he is being tortured.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Charlie was younger, who pushed to keep Charlie in the normal public school system?

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

3. How many people are housed at the Warren State Home and Training School?

4. Which of the following is NOT a name that Charlie hears his doctors calling each other during a fight?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Professor Nemur say at the conference in Chicago that upsets Charlie?

2. What does Charlie say that intelligence without affection will lead to when he is at the cocktail party with Nemur?

3. What is Professor Nemur most upset about when Charlie returns to the lab after living in his own apartment?

4. What does Charlie do at the bakery when his IQ reaches 100 that earns him a raise?

5. Why is Charlie fired from his job at the bakery?

6. Why is Alice so hesitant to be in a relationship with Charlie even though she cares for him?

7. What happens when Algernon is put back into his original maze when he and Charlie return to the lab?

8. What did Charlie want to have happen as he ran away from the angry mob in the park after a woman came on to him?

9. What prank do the guys at the bakery try to play on Charlie on April Fool's Day?

10. Why did Norma's father refuse to let her have the dog she was promised if she did well on her history test?

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