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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. Who has paid for his life of comfort should Charlie regress to where he was before the procedure?
(a) Professor Nemur.
(b) The Welburg Foundation.
(c) Mr. Donner.
(d) The Beekman College.

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

3. What does Nemur compare Charlie's curiosity about his future to?
(a) Watching a video of his death.
(b) Willingly drowning in sorrow.
(c) Looking at his own coffin.
(d) Ensuring a dark and dismal future.

4. What happens after the woman that confronts Charlie screams in response to what he does to her?
(a) A crowd chases after him.
(b) Charlie sees a halucination of a little boy again.
(c) The woman cries.
(d) Charlie has a flash-back memory of his family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie think Nemur sees him as instead of a human being?

2. What does Charlie learn about Algernon at the conference for the International Psychological Association?

3. What does Fay do while Charlie is away at the peak of his intellectual abilities?

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

5. Why is Charlie's sister denied the promised reward for her A on the history test?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Charlie allow himself to soil himself when he was younger?

3. What is Alice really upset about when she sees Charlie at the college where she teaches retarded adults?

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

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

6. What realization does Charlie make while reading The Great Gatsby?

7. What does one of Charlie's old classmates at Beekman say to Charlie when he tries to talk to her?

8. What causes Charlie to believe that everything he has been taught might be false?

9. What flash-back memory does Charlie have on his plane ride to Chicago?

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

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