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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Charlie supposed to see in his test on the second day of the experiment?

4. What characteristic does Burt say Charlie and Algernon share?

5. Why is Charlie so tired at work since this experiment began?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burt tell Charlie to do over and over during the Rorschach test?

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

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

4. What is a Rorschach test?

5. Why do Charlie's friends at the bakery think that Charlie is in the hospital because he is sick?

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

7. Why does Charlie start to feel sorry for Algernon after hating him for so long?

8. What used to happen to Charlie when he told lies?

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

10. Why is Charlie disappointed just after his surgery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Patience is a theme exhibited by a few of the main characters in this book. Who are those characters, and what are some of the best examples of the patience they show? How does this affect their place in this plot?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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