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Period-
ELAS-
"Flowers"
StudyGuide
Part I
1. HowdoesDanielKeyesorganizehisshortstory?
2. Charliesayshewantsto besmart.Howcanyoutellfromthepassage(page45,
report#1)thatCharlie
isn't"smarf'?
3. Whatdoes"happind"
mean?(bottomof pg45)Howareyouableto figurethatout?
lo do on the
4. Basedon Charlie's
report(#2)whatdoyouthinkhe is supposed
Rorschach
test?
it overandover.How
word"rote"meansto learnsomething
by repeating
5. TheEnglish
didyouknowCharliemeantwrote,thepasttenseof write?
(basedon pages45-47)
6. Howwouldyoudescribe
Charlie's
character?
Why
7. DoesCharliefullyunderstand
thattheetfectsof thesurgerywillbetemporary?
or whynot?
8. Correctly,
re-writethefirstparagraph
at thetopof page48.
9. Charliemisuses
thewordyourwhere
heshouldhaveusedyou're.TheEnglish
pairsor groups
language
hasmanyhomonyms,
of wordsthatsoundalikebuthave
Namefiveotherhomonyms.
different
meanings.
hesays,a black
because,
10.Onthedayof hlssurgery,
is mademorenervous
Gharlie
Whatliteraryelementis thisan
catcrossedhispathon thewayto the"hospital."
example
of?
what
11.WhydoesCharlie
wantso badlyto besmart?Givenhisaspirations,
individuals
generalizations
challenged
of mentally
couldyoumakeaboutthetreatment
in American
society?
(page51)suggest
aboutCharlie
12.WhatdoesCharlie's
viewof Algernon
changing
himself?
makefunof Charlie?
13.Howdotheotherfactory
workers
14.WhatdoesCharlie
aboutthepeopleheworkswithat thefactory?
lendto Charlie
to use?
15.WhatdoesDr.Strauss
progress
is growing
16.Inwhatwaysdo Charlie's
reports
showthatCharlie
intellectually?
Theoryof Intelligence?
17. Lookat theboxon page52. DoyouagreewithGardner's
Whyor Whynot?
playon Charlie?
18. Whattricksdothefactory
workers
19.Whatdo Charlie's
feelings
abouthisfuture?
Crusoesuggest
aboutRobinson
20. Whatis particularly
important
abouttheApril14threport?
in hereye?Whatelse
21.At thetopof page54,doesMs.Kinnian
reallygetsomething
mightexplainhersudden
exit?
22.HowdoestheauthorcreatehumorintheApril16threport?
23.Whatdoesit meanto "pulla Charlie
Gordon"?
24. Why is Charlieso ashamedafterthe April20thincident?
25. Why do youthinkDr.StraussforbidsCharlieto readanybookson psychology?
(topof page56)
26. WhenCharlie
is re-given
theinkblot
test,hebecomes
angry.Whyis this?
27. HowhasCharlie'sattitudeaboutlyingchangedsincethe lasttimehe was giventhe
Rorschachtest?
his
28.WhydoJoeCarpandFrankReillyrefuseto goto lunchwithCharlie
to celebrate
bonus?
29. On page57,whatare Dr. Nemurand Dr.Straussarguingabout?
30.Whatis a neurosurgeon?
Howcanyoudecodethatword?
about
findshimself
Whatdoeshisreaction
suggest
31.Onpage58,Charlie
trembling;
howhe is changing?
32. Whatdo youthinkMissKinnian
hopeson page59?
33. Do you thinkCharlieis reallyin lovewithMissKinnian?Whyor Why not?
34. Whydo Charlie'sco-workers
demandthathe be fired?
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PARTII
35.Lookat thepicture
Howdoes
on page62.HowhasCharlie's
appearance
changed?
thisreflecta changein hisintelligence?
36. At the bottomof the firstparagraph
of Charlie'sMay 1Sthreport,Dr.Straussreminds
Charlieto writehis reportssimply,so otherswillunderstand.Whatis ironicaboutthat?
37. WhydoesCharliefeellikeno one he'severknown"iswhathe/sheappearsto be on
the surface"?
38. Whatmightthebrokenplatesrepresent
level?
on a symbolic
39. In whatwaysis the manin the restaurant
likeCharliebeforethe surgery?
40. HowdoesAlgernon's
for Charlie?
changingbehaviorhavedeeperimplications
41. Predicthowthe storywillend.
42.WhydoesCharliefeelthathe mustnotbecomeemotional
at thistime?
43. Whyis Charlie
so upsetwhenAlgernon
dies?
44.Findan example
of anallusion
on page69.
45.Whatchanges
in Charlie's
writing(July24thentry)indicate
he is regressing?
46.Whyarethefactoryworkerskindandevenprotective
of Charliewhenhe returnsto
thefactory?
47.Whatis thethemeof "Flowers
forAlgernon"?
48.Somepeoplesay"it is betterto havelovedandlostthanneverto havelovedat all."
Wasit betterthatCharlie
gotsmarter
andthenlosthisintelligence
ratherthannever
havingundergone
theexperiment?
Whyor whynot?