Flowers for Algernon Answer Key

1 FLOWERS for ALGERNON MARK THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONSD AS YOU READ PROGRESS REPORT 1 March 5 1965 1. What do you learn about Charlie Gordon? 2. What has Dr. Strauss told Charlie? Why? 3. Why is the spelling strange? 4. Write and correct five spelling mistakes on your notebook (there are more). PROGRESS REPORT 2 March 6 1. Describe the test Charlie is given. 2. Why does Charlie fetch his glasses and why does he think he needs new glasses? 3. At the end Charlie pretends " a fountain pen with ink leaking all 4. What does that tell you 5. Why does he have a rabbit's foot in his pocket? 6. How does Charlie feel about the test and how does he behave over a table cloth". about him? when he is tested? does that tell you about him? 7. Do you think he passed the test? 8. Write and correct some more spelling mistakes on your notebook What PROGRESS REPORT 3 1 March 7 1. Who is Miss Kinnian? 2. Why did Charlie go to night school? What does that tell you about him? 3. Describe the Thematic Apperception Test. 4. How does Charlie do here? 5. What is the point of the Thematic Apperception Test and the "raw shok" test? 6. "Algernon and me had the same amazed to do." Explain what the test with Algernon is about. 7. How does Charlie explain the fact that he loses and how does he feel about losing? Charlie means here and what PROGRESS REPORT 4 March 8 1. What is the experiment about? 2. Explain the words Charlie doesn't get ("intelek**" and so 3. Why does Dr. Strauss think Charlie is a good choice for the experiment? 4. Why do you think Dr. Nemur is against using Charlie at first? 5. Do you think he is a good choice? on). PROGRESS REPORT 5 March 10 1. How does Charlie feel before the operation? Give some 2. Sum up your impression of Charlie so far. Find as many adjectives as you can to describe the sort of person he is. PROGRESS REPORT 6 March 15 examples. 1. Are there any changes after the operation? 1 PROGRESS REPORT 7 March 19 1. How does Charlie feel about the tests, Algernon, Dr. Strauss, Miss Kinnian? Why? 2. What were his feelings about them before the operation? PROGRESS REPORT 8 March 23 1. How does Charlie feel about going back to work? Why? 2. What does Charlie learn about Algernon here? March 25 1. Charlie says that his colleagues are really his friends and they like him. Do you agree? 2. What does the expression "to pull a Charlie Gordon" mean? 3. What does "the 4 man" mean? March 28 1. Why doesn't Charlie like to race with Algernon any more? 2. Has Charlie made any progress so far? What does he think himself? What does Dr. Strauss think? What do you think? March 29 1. What is the purpose of the "TV" Dr. Strauss has given Charlie? PROGRESS REPORT 9 1 April 3 2. What does Charlie mean when he talks about having two minds? 3. What does the expression "Charlie is a card when potted" mean? 4. What happens at the saloon? 5. How does Charlie get home? Why is he black and blue? 6. How does Charlie feel about Joe and Frank? What do you think about them? April 6 1. How did Charlie feel about Algernon right after the operation ( March 19)? How does he feel about him now? Why? 2. In what way is Algernon special? 3. What do Charlie's feelings about Algernon tell you about him? April 9 1. How does Charlie feel about Robinson Crusoe? Why? April 10 1. Pronounce the following words: "through, enough, tough". 2. Why does Charlie have trouble here? April 15 1. Why does Miss Kinnian look at Charlie "kind of funny" when why does she have to run to the ladies'? 2. How would you describe Charlie's attitude to other people? April 16 1. How does Charlie use punctuation? April 17 & April 18 1. Give examples of Charlie's progress. she reads the Progress Reports and April 20 1 1. Why does Charlie feel sick inside? 2. Sum up what Charlie has learnt so far. 3. In your opinion has the operation been a good thing or a bad thing for Charlie so far? PROGRESS REPORT 11 April 21 1. How does Charlie look upon finding out that he is a laughing-stock? Do you agree? 2. What is an I.Q. according to Dr. Nemur? b) Dr. Strauss? c) Burt? d) What do you think it is? 3. What was Charlie's I.Q. before the operation? What is it going to be soon? What is a normal I.Q.? April 22 1. Why is Charlie angry here? 2. What happened the first time Charlie took the inkblot test ( March 6)? 3. What does he see in the cards now? What do the things he sees tell you? 4. In what way has Charlie's attitude to other people changed? Why has it changed? April 25 1. Give examples of how Charlie is treated at his job now. April 27 1. What do the doctors argue about? 2. Why does Dr. Nemur want to publish the results at once? 3. What is your impression of the two doctors? April 28 1. What does Miss Kinnian compare the process of learning to? 2. What are Charlie's feelings for Miss Kinnian at this point? Do you agree? 3. What is Miss Kinnian worried about? 1 PROGRESS REPORT 12 April 30 1. Why does Charlie lose his job? 2. What is Fanny referring to when she talks about Eve who listened to the snake the tree of knowledge? 3. What larger aspects are given to the story by Fanny's 4. How does she feel about the change in Charli 5. Charlie cannot see that it is wrong that he wants to become intelligent and understand the world around him. What do you think? Do you agree with Charlie or with Fanny? Explain 6. When was the first time Charlie had the feeling of shame burning inside him? 7. What has the operation meant to Charlie so far? and ate from words? May 15 1. What is the difference between the two doctors in Charlie's opinion? 2. Why are the doctors uncomfortable around Charlie now? 3. How does Charlie react when he finds out that he knows more than the doctors? May 18 1. Describe Charlie's relationship to other people at this point. May 20 3. 4. 1. Give a summary of the incident. 2. What is Charlie's reaction? Why? What decision does Charlie make? Do you agree with Charlie that it would be a good idea to increase the intelligence level of mentally retarded people with this new technique? 1 PROGRESS REPORT 13 May 23 1. What are the implications of Algernon biting Charlie? May 24 1. In what way is Algernon changing? May 25 1. Why have the doctors asked Charlie not to come to the lab any more? 2. What does Charlie decide to do? May 29 & May 31 1. What is Charlie working on? June 4 1. What does Charlie's letter say? 2. How does he feel about the whole thing? 3. Do you understand his feelings? June 5 1. What is the Algernon-Gordon Effect? June 10 1. What happens to Algernon? 2. How does Charlie react to this? What does this tell you about him? June 15 1. 1 What is Charlie's mood? June 19 1. When was the last time he was brought home by a policeman? June 21 ; June 30 1. Describe Charlie's deterioration. 2. What are Charlie's feelings at this point? 3. How do the doctors feel? July 7 1. What do we learn about Charlie's family? July 10 ; July 25 1. 1. How do other people react to Charlie at this point: Mrs. Flynn, the doctor, Miss Kinnian? Why does Charlie isolate himself? 2. July 27 1. In what way have things changed at work? July 28 Why is Charlie leaving New York ? 1. 2. How does he feel about what has happened to him, and about Kinnian? the doctors and 3. Whom does Charlie blame for the failure? Do you agree? 4. Is Charlie's situation now the same as it was before the operation? 5. Why do you think the writer chose to end the story this way? Why did he not let Charlie keep his intelligence? 6. How does the ending affect you? Miss