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Flowers for Algernon Quiz - Progress Reports 1-8, 2017

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Question 1

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In at least 2-3 sentences, describe what the operation is meant to do for Charlie.

Question 2

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Why did Dr. Strauss think Charlie would be a good subject for the experiment?

Question 3

3.

Who is Algernon? What happens when Charlie first races Algernon?

Question 4

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Describe at least 1 sign that shows Charlie is changing now that he has had the operation.

Question 5

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Describe why Charlie felt like he failed the Rorschach Test.

Question 6

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What motivated Charlie to go to the adult education classes?

Question 7

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Why did Charlie say he couldn't make up stories about the people in the photos when he was being tested?

Question 8

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If Charlie's motivation is not cheese, like Algernon's is, then what is it?

Question 9

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Describe at least 2 things that Charlie keeps with him for good luck. What do these things reveal about Charlie's personality?

Question 10

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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?

Question 11

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Describe at least one example of dramatic irony that we have seen in this story so far. Explain how your example fits the definition of dramatic irony.

Question 12

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Describe one conflict, or problem, that we have seen so far in the story.

Question 13

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Describe what Charlie had thought would happen right after the operation vs. what really did happen right after the operation.

Question 14

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What kind of format is the story written in?

Question 15

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What does it mean to "pull a Charlie Gordon?"

Question 16

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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?

Question 17

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Who is Miss Kinnian? Why is she important to the story?