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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie hope to be able to hold conversations about once he is smart after the surgery?

2. What date does Charlie start writing in his Progress Report again after his surgery?

3. What do his friends from the bakery bring Charlie just before his surgery?

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

5. What does Charlie say he wants lots of just before his surgery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is a Rorschach test?

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

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

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

7. What happens to Charlie when he goes the wrong way in his maze on the fourth day of the experiment?

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

9. Why is Charlie disappointed just after his surgery?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Daniel Keyes have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of science is vitally important in this plot. Where does this theme appear, and how is the plot altered because of it?

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