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

2. What did the test that Charlie took on the second day of the experiment involve?
(a) Problem solving questions.
(b) Personal questions.
(c) Ink blots.
(d) Colorful pictures.

3. What is Charlie supposed to do for a test on the fourth day of the experiment?
(a) Write a funny story.
(b) Categorize a pile of pictures.
(c) Tell two truths and a lie about himself.
(d) Make up stories about people.

4. How does Charlie feel just before the surgery?
(a) Eager.
(b) Scared.
(c) Confused.
(d) Happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charlie most excited for just before the surgery?

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

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

4. Who told Charlie to work hard at school?

5. What is the name of the doctor who administered Charlie's test on the second day of the experiment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Charlie not know where his mother and sister are at the beginning of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Charlie say he is so tired at work since starting this experiment?

9. What is so surprising to Charlie about Algernon when he first sees the mouse?

10. What kind of school does Charlie attend at the beginning of the book?

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