Exit Ticket 4 -- Flowers for Algernon - Kristen Dobbs | Laabri

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This multiple choice formative checks your understanding of key vocabulary and character analysis from *Flowers for Algernon*, focusing on Algernon’s deterioration/regression and what it reveals about Charlie.

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In Flowers for Algernon, doctors observe Algernon’s “deterioration.” Based on his refusal to run the maze and his “vicious” behavior, what does deterioration most likely mean?

A gradual worsening or decline in ability and behavior

A sudden improvement in speed and intelligence

A temporary distraction that quickly passes

A careful adjustment to a new environment

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Charlie writes about the “sharp regression in Algernon” (May 23–25 entries). Which context clue best supports the meaning of regression?

Algernon solves the maze faster than ever before

Charlie reads more scientific articles to understand the experiment

Algernon begins making more mistakes and can’t complete tasks he used to do

Algernon is moved to a larger cage with new toys

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Why does Charlie identify so strongly with Algernon as the mouse declines?

Because Charlie suspects the same experiment effects could happen to him

Because Charlie believes the doctors care more about Algernon than any human

Because Charlie thinks Algernon is trying to punish him

Because Algernon reminds Charlie of his childhood pet

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What does Algernon’s “regression” most strongly foreshadow for Charlie?

Charlie will eventually lose some of his intelligence and abilities

Charlie will be removed from the experiment immediately

Charlie will stop writing progress reports because he gets bored

Charlie will become permanently smarter with no side effects

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In Progress Report 11 (April 21), Charlie says he can close his eyes and “think of a page and it all comes back like a picture.” Which figure of speech is most clearly used in this line?

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

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In the May 20 entry (pages 369–370), Charlie describes the boy’s “dull, vacuous smile” and then admits, “And I had been laughing at him too.” What does this moment most strongly reveal about Charlie?

He wants to replace the diner owner as the manager

He is jealous of the boy’s job at the diner

He feels guilt because he recognizes his past self in the boy

He thinks the customers are right to mock the boy

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Across the progress reports on pages 360–370, which theme is developed most clearly through Charlie’s changing understanding of the way people treated him?

Money is the best measure of success

Kindness and respect matter more than intelligence

Rules should never be questioned

Competition always improves friendship

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In the April 20 entry, Charlie describes realizing his friends had been mocking him and says, “I’m ashamed.” What can you infer is the main reason he stayed home from work the next day?

He is overwhelmed by embarrassment and needs time to process the truth

He is angry at Miss Kinnian for assigning too much reading

He is planning to move away from the city immediately

He is sick from food poisoning at the party

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In the May 20 entry, Charlie recognizes himself in the boy at the diner and says he had “foolishly played the clown.” Which evaluation best fits Charlie’s conclusion in this moment?

Charlie’s conclusion is mostly about wanting to work at the diner instead of the factory

Charlie’s conclusion is unfair because it blames the boy for being laughed at

Charlie’s new awareness is important because it helps him understand how cruelty can be hidden as “jokes”

Charlie’s conclusion shows he thinks intelligence automatically makes someone better than others

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On page 362 (Progress Report 11—April 21), Charlie thinks that when he becomes more intelligent, “people will like me and be friendly.” Evaluate Charlie’s thinking.
Do you think this belief is mostly true, mostly untrue, or depends on the situation? Explain.
Your response must:
state your claim clearly
give at least one reason based on Charlie’s situation in the text
include at least one real-life example
fully elaborate by explaining how your example supports your claim (make the connection clear)