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

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

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

4. What is Charlie told to write in his progress report?
(a) His feelings.
(b) Everything he thinks and remembers.
(c) What he learns at school.
(d) His thoughts on the experiment.

5. What does Charlie watch the animal who has undergone the same experiment he is now a part of do?
(a) Run a maze.
(b) Read a sign.
(c) Draw a picture.
(d) Build with blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Charlie unable to do what he should on the test given him on the fourth day of the experiment?

2. What does Nemur tell Charlie he will do if the surgery works for Charlie?

3. Why can't Charlie's uncle give permission for Charlie to be a part of this experiment?

4. What does Ms. Kinnian say about Charlie as a pupil?

5. What is a possible complication of the surgery Charlie is about to undergo to raise his IQ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What trait does Burt say that Algernon and Charlie both share?

2. Who gave the doctors permission to include Charlie in their surgical experiment to raise his IQ?

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

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

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

6. What is Charlie supposed to write about in his progress report?

7. What is unique about the writing style of the first chapter of this book?

8. What good luck charm does Charlie keep with him always to help him be brave?

9. How does Charlie feel about Burt after he takes the Rorschach test?

10. What is the first memory that Charlie has after having the learning TV put in his room at night?

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