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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 does Charlie want to show his new intelligence to after the surgery?
(a) His parents.
(b) His friends at the bakery.
(c) Ms. Kinnian.
(d) His uncle.

2. What kind of test does Charlie take on the second day of the experiment?
(a) An IQ test.
(b) A Personality evaluation.
(c) A Color Code test.
(d) A Rorschach test.

3. What does Charlie think the doctor who gave him the test on the second day of the experiment looks like?
(a) A police man.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A regular person.

4. What gives Charlie headaches after the surgery?
(a) The electric treatments.
(b) Thinking too hard.
(c) His lack of sleep.
(d) The medicine he has to take.

5. What is Charlie afraid of on his second day of the experiment?
(a) He failed a test.
(b) The experiment will hurt.
(c) He will never be smart.
(d) He will not like his new teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the first Progress Report entry?

2. What does Charlie's school specialize in at the beginning of the book?

3. Where is Charlie's sister found by the doctors?

4. What were Charlie's bandages after his surgery covering?

5. What does Charlie's new nurse after the surgery refuse to tell him about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Charlie disappointed just after his surgery?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Frank ask Charlie that makes him laugh after his surgery?

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

10. Why does Ms. Kinnian say that Charlie is her best student at the college?

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