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“Flowers for Algernon” Study Guide
1. Why does Charlie fail his first inkblot test?
2. Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?
3. What do the factory workers mean by saying someone “pulled a Charlie Gordon”?
4. What does Charlie hope will happen when he becomes smarter?
5. What does Charlie think when Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur argue about him?
6. What makes Charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?
7. How does Charlie react in the scene where he defends the boy in the restaurant?
8. What does Algernon becoming uncooperative and disturbed foreshadow?
9. When Charlie becomes a genius, what is his most important discovery?
10. Why does Charlie leave for New York?
After Reading
11. How is the subplot involving Charlie and the scientists resolved?
12. What is Charlie’s main internal conflict throughout the story?
13. What happens to Charlie in the resolution of the story?
14. Describe the subplot between Charlie and Algernon.
Vocabulary
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18. Regression
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