What is the operation meant to do for Charlie?
Why did Dr. Strauss think Charlie would be a good subject for the experiment?
Who is Algernon? What happens when Charlie first races Algernon?
Describe at least 1 sign that shows Charlie is changing now that he has had the operation.
Why did Charlie feel like he failed the Rorschach Test?
Why did Charlie go to the adult education classes?
Why did Charlie say he couldn't make up stories about the people in the photos when he was being tested?
If Charlie's motivation is not cheese, like Algernon's is, then what is it?
Describe at least 2 things that Charlie keeps with him for good luck. What do these things reveal about Charlie's personality?
Are the people at the factory really Charlie's friends? Why does he think that they are? What do we, as the audience, know about the behavior of his co-workers?
Describe at least one example of dramatic irony that we have seen in this story so far.
Describe one internal conflict that we have seen so far in the story.
Describe one external conflict that we have seen so far in the story.
Describe what Charlie had thought would happen right after the operation vs. what really did happen right after the operation.
The story is written in what kind of format?
What does it mean to "pull a Charlie Gordon?"
Describe how Charlie is feeling in Progress Report 5 before surgery. How does having a first-person narrator help to describe what Charlie is feeling?