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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fanny Biden think Charlie has become so smart all of the sudden?
(a) He was only pretending to be retarded before.
(b) He made a deal with the devil.
(c) He prayed really hard.
(d) He took some drugs.

2. Why is Charlie not allowed to fix the errors in his earlier entries in the Progress Report?
(a) They want to see his progress.
(b) It would disrupt the process.
(c) They need a record of the past.
(d) They don't want it to upset him.

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

4. What does Charlie wish he could see more clearly in his past memories?
(a) His parent's faces.
(b) His surroundings.
(c) His house.
(d) His own body.

5. What does Charlie think of his sister when she is first brought home from the hospital?
(a) She cries a lot.
(b) She is perfect and warm.
(c) She is like a little doll.
(d) She is ugly.

6. What do Charlie's friends from the bakery make him do with Ellen at a party?
(a) Walk her home.
(b) Dance with her.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Talk with her.

7. What does Charlie learn about Algernon at the conference for the International Psychological Association?
(a) His actions have become erratic.
(b) He is displaying a regression in intelligence.
(c) He is listless and bored.
(d) He is now the smartest mammal in creation.

8. Who does Charlie think about while he is with Fay in his new apartment?
(a) His mother.
(b) Alice.
(c) Nemur.
(d) Norma.

9. Where does Charlie go when he leaves the conference?
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Salt Lake.

10. What surprises the would-be pranksters at the bakery?
(a) Charlie uses the dough mixer perfectly.
(b) Charlie checks with his boss before believing the wrong schedule.
(c) Charlie makes people very happy by giving them free bread, and they start shopping at the bakery.
(d) Charlie is well-liked at the bar.

11. What does Charlie do to calm himself when he wakes up after his nightmare about Alice on the night after he tellls her he likes her?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Drinks some coffee.
(c) Smokes a pipe.
(d) Takes a walk.

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

13. What does Charlie see when he begins to put his arm around Alice at the concert in the park?
(a) An angry boy in the bushes watching him.
(b) His sister's face.
(c) His mother coming at him with a knife.
(d) A police officer staring at him with malice.

14. Which of the following is NOT a name that Charlie hears his doctors calling each other during a fight?
(a) Pessimist.
(b) Cynic.
(c) Opportunist.
(d) Chauvinist.

15. What does Ms. Kinnian teach Charlie about after she reads his Progress Reports?
(a) Punctuation.
(b) Penmanship.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Grammar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie do to fit in and look smart once his IQ reaches 100 even though he knows it is silly?

2. Where is Charlie when a random woman offers to go home with him?

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

4. What does Charlie realize about his childhood while he is at the party with Ellen?

5. Why does Charlie have a hard time focusing on the movies when he takes Ms. Kinnian out to them?

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