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Name: ______________________
8th Literature: Flowers for Algernon Assessment
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Comprehension
The questions below refer to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
____ 1. Charlie fails his first inkblot test because he —
a. sees images that upset him in the inkblots
b. thinks the test is boring
c. cannot understand what he is supposed to see besides ink
d. is afraid of making a mistake in front of Dr. Strauss
____ 2. Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?
a. He wants to be smart and know things like other people do.
b. He wants to please Dr. Strauss and Miss Kinnian.
c. He wants to be able to get a better job.
d. He wants to beat Algernon in the maze test.
____ 3. What do the factory workers mean by saying someone “pulled a Charlie Gordon”?
a. Someone did something funny. c. Someone had an operation.
b. Someone did something stupid. d. Someone lost something.
____ 4. Charlie hopes that when he becomes smarter, people will be —
a. happier c. more understanding
b. less worried d. more friendly
____ 5. When Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur argue about Charlie, Charlie —
a. thinks Dr. Strauss should take credit for the experiment
b. thinks that he has done something wrong
c. feels like he’s seen both men clearly for the first time
d. feels like he’s just an experiment to the two doctors
____ 6. What makes Charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?
a. Miss Kinnian doesn’t love him.
b. He knows he will leave her behind intellectually.
c. Miss Kinnian thinks she was wrong to encourage him to have the operation.
d. He thinks that Miss Kinnian will refuse to have anything more to do with him.
____ 7. Which of the following events is not caused by the event during which Charlie defends the boy in the
restaurant?
a. Charlie is disgusted with himself for at first laughing at the boy.
b. Charlie remembers how he also used to play the clown.
c. Charlie realizes how intelligent he has become.
d. Charlie decides to work in the field of human intelligence.
____ 8. Which event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?
a. The boy at the restaurant drops a plate.
b. Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss’s research is incomplete.
c. Algernon becomes uncooperative and disturbed.
d. Charlie is given a laboratory of his own.
____ 9. When Charlie becomes a genius, his most important discovery is —
a. his theory about how quickly artificially increased intelligence deteriorates
b. that he has to communicate with Miss Kinnian on a simple level
c. that Dr. Nemur doesn’t know the work on experimental intelligence in India
d. that Algernon will soon die
____ 10. Charlie leaves New York because —
a. his landlady throws him out because he hasn’t paid the rent
b. he can’t get a job now that he isn’t a genius
c. he doesn’t want people to be sorry for him
d. he doesn’t want the men at the factory to laugh at him again
Literary Focus
The questions below refer to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
____ 11. Which of the following episodes is repeated in the story to make parallel episodes?
a. Charlie has an operation.
b. Charlie has dinner with Miss Kinnian.
c. The factory workers get Charlie drunk.
d. The factory workers force Charlie to leave his work.
____ 12. How is the subplot involving Charlie and the scientists resolved?
a. Charlie overtakes them in intelligence and finds the flaw in their experiment.
b. Charlie gives Dr. Strauss an inferiority complex.
c. Dr. Nemur publishes his report and leaves Dr. Strauss out of it.
d. Dr. Strauss tries to visit Charlie, but Charlie won’t let him in.
____ 13. What is Charlie’s main internal conflict throughout the story?
a. Trying to understand his own mind and the nature of intelligence
b. Trying to figure out what causes people to laugh at others
c. Trying to learn to read and spell correctly
d. Trying to get along with the factory workers
____ 14. In the story’s resolution, Charlie —
a. is just the same as he was at the beginning of the story
b. has gained a valuable experience but has lost his mental ability
c. again becomes a student in Miss Kinnian’s class
d. deeply regrets that he ever had the operation
Complete each statement.
Vocabulary Development (Completion)
The questions below refer to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
deterioration invariably refute introspective regression
15. Charlie is naturally ____________________ and aware of his thoughts and feelings.
16. Miss Kinnian ____________________ treats Charlie with kindness and respect.
17. Will scientists be able to ____________________ Charlie’s theory?
18. One hopes that Charlie’s ____________________ will not take him down to his previous level.
19. Charlie notices his mental ____________________ when he can’t understand the report he has written.
Short Answer
Constructed Response
The question below refers to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
20. Discuss the subplot involving Algernon and Charlie. Describe the conflict and the resolution. On a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph that explains your answer. Support your ideas with details from the story.
Name: ______________________
8th Literature: Flowers for Algernon Assessment
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Comprehension
The questions below refer to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
____ 1. Charlie fails his first inkblot test because he —
a. sees images that upset him in the inkblots
b. thinks the test is boring
c. cannot understand what he is supposed to see besides ink
d. is afraid of making a mistake in front of Dr. Strauss
____ 2. Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?
a. He wants to be smart and know things like other people do.
b. He wants to please Dr. Strauss and Miss Kinnian.
c. He wants to be able to get a better job.
d. He wants to beat Algernon in the maze test.
____ 3. What do the factory workers mean by saying someone “pulled a Charlie Gordon”?
a. Someone did something funny. c. Someone had an operation.
b. Someone did something stupid. d. Someone lost something.
____ 4. Charlie hopes that when he becomes smarter, people will be —
a. happier c. more understanding
b. less worried d. more friendly
____ 5. When Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur argue about Charlie, Charlie —
a. thinks Dr. Strauss should take credit for the experiment
b. thinks that he has done something wrong
c. feels like he’s seen both men clearly for the first time
d. feels like he’s just an experiment to the two doctors
____ 6. What makes Charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?
a. Miss Kinnian doesn’t love him.
b. He knows he will leave her behind intellectually.
c. Miss Kinnian thinks she was wrong to encourage him to have the operation.
d. He thinks that Miss Kinnian will refuse to have anything more to do with him.
____ 7. Which of the following events is not caused by the event during which Charlie defends the boy in the
restaurant?
a. Charlie is disgusted with himself for at first laughing at the boy.
b. Charlie remembers how he also used to play the clown.
c. Charlie realizes how intelligent he has become.
d. Charlie decides to work in the field of human intelligence.
____ 8. Which event foreshadows what will happen to Charlie?
a. The boy at the restaurant drops a plate.
b. Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss’s research is incomplete.
c. Algernon becomes uncooperative and disturbed.
d. Charlie is given a laboratory of his own.
____ 9. When Charlie becomes a genius, his most important discovery is —
a. his theory about how quickly artificially increased intelligence deteriorates
b. that he has to communicate with Miss Kinnian on a simple level
c. that Dr. Nemur doesn’t know the work on experimental intelligence in India
d. that Algernon will soon die
____ 10. Charlie leaves New York because —
a. his landlady throws him out because he hasn’t paid the rent
b. he can’t get a job now that he isn’t a genius
c. he doesn’t want people to be sorry for him
d. he doesn’t want the men at the factory to laugh at him again
Literary Focus
The questions below refer to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
____ 11. Which of the following episodes is repeated in the story to make parallel episodes?
a. Charlie has an operation.
b. Charlie has dinner with Miss Kinnian.
c. The factory workers get Charlie drunk.
d. The factory workers force Charlie to leave his work.
____ 12. How is the subplot involving Charlie and the scientists resolved?
a. Charlie overtakes them in intelligence and finds the flaw in their experiment.
b. Charlie gives Dr. Strauss an inferiority complex.
c. Dr. Nemur publishes his report and leaves Dr. Strauss out of it.
d. Dr. Strauss tries to visit Charlie, but Charlie won’t let him in.
____ 13. What is Charlie’s main internal conflict throughout the story?
a. Trying to understand his own mind and the nature of intelligence
b. Trying to figure out what causes people to laugh at others
c. Trying to learn to read and spell correctly
d. Trying to get along with the factory workers
____ 14. In the story’s resolution, Charlie —
a. is just the same as he was at the beginning of the story
b. has gained a valuable experience but has lost his mental ability
c. again becomes a student in Miss Kinnian’s class
d. deeply regrets that he ever had the operation
Complete each statement.
Vocabulary Development (Completion)
The questions below refer to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
deterioration invariably refute introspective regression
15. Charlie is naturally ____________________ and aware of his thoughts and feelings.
16. Miss Kinnian ____________________ treats Charlie with kindness and respect.
17. Will scientists be able to ____________________ Charlie’s theory?
18. One hopes that Charlie’s ____________________ will not take him down to his previous level.
19. Charlie notices his mental ____________________ when he can’t understand the report he has written.
Short Answer
Constructed Response
The question below refers to the selection “Flowers for Algernon.”
20. Discuss the subplot involving Algernon and Charlie. Describe the conflict and the resolution. On a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph that explains your answer. Support your ideas with details from the story.
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