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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Charlie's IQ level at the beginning of the book?
(a) 68.
(b) 58.
(c) 88.
(d) 78.

3. What do his friends from the bakery bring Charlie just before his surgery?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Pictures.

4. What does Charlie say he wants lots of just before his surgery?
(a) Respect.
(b) Friends.
(c) Money.
(d) Talents.

5. Why does Strauss tell Charlie he will not notice his improvement at first after the surgery?
(a) He must wait and be patient.
(b) It is hard to notice at first.
(c) It will happen gradually.
(d) It will seem normal to him.

6. What color is the room where Charlie's surgery takes place?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

7. What does Charlie hope to be able to hold conversations about once he is smart after the surgery?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Women.
(c) The stock market.
(d) God and politics.

8. Who told Charlie to work hard at school?
(a) His mom.
(b) His doctor.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His boss.

9. Why does Charlie not like writing in his Progress Report by the third day?
(a) It takes a long time.
(b) He does not like the way it looks.
(c) It makes him feel stupid.
(d) It hurts his head.

10. What does Miss Kinnian bring Charlie just before his surgery?
(a) A picture.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Chocolate cake..
(d) Flowers.

11. What does Charlie's school specialize in at the beginning of the book?
(a) Teaching retarded adults.
(b) Using new techniques of memorization.
(c) Educating poor people.
(d) Building confidence in higher IQ individuals.

12. Who does Charlie want to talk to first when he gets smart after his surgery?
(a) Ms. Kinnian.
(b) His boss.
(c) His mom.
(d) His friends at the bakery.

13. Why is Charlie unable to do what he should on the test given him on the fourth day of the experiment?
(a) He thinks it would be lying.
(b) He has no creativity.
(c) He thinks all the pictures are in the same category.
(d) He does not know what funny means.

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

15. What do the doctors tell Charlie about the results of the Rorschach test the day afterward?
(a) They are worried about his results.
(b) No one can fail that test.
(c) He had a perfect score.
(d) It does not matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Charlie can see in his test on the second day of the experiment?

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

3. What did Charlie used to get hit for doing?

4. What kind of test does Charlie take on the second day of the experiment?

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

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