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Flowers for Algernon

ALGERNON

Question: What major event happened at the conference?

Answer: Charlie released Algernon from his cage. He found Algernon and took him back to New York


Question: What gift did Fay give Algernon and why?

Answer: Faye gave Algernon a female mouse named Minnie so that he could have female company


Question: What was Algernon condition while living with Charlie in New York?

Answer: Algernon was confused and ran the mazes with urgency. He even injured Minnie and bit Fay


Question: After Charlie took Algernon back to the lab, what was Algernon's condition?

Answer: Algernon stopped running the mazes and had to be force fed


Question: What eventually happened to Algernon?

Answer: He died and Charlie buried him in the backyard and placed flowers on his grave


CHARACTER

Question: Who is the primary character in the novel?

Answer: Charlie Gordon


Question: Who was Algernon?
Answer: Mouse that was given the operation before it was performed on humans


Question: What is special about Charlie?

Answer: He is intellectually challenged with an IQ of 68


Question: Why was Charlie taking test at Beckman College?

Answer: In hopes that he would be selected for the experiment


Question: Why did Charlie want to be smart?

Answer: He would have friends to talk to and would never get lonely


DREAMS AND MEMORIES

Question: Describe Charlie's dream about P.S. 13

Answer: The principal suggested to Charlie's mother that he attend a special school. Mrs. Gordon was angry and insisted that Charlie was normal. Charlie went to the bathroom on himself.


Question: What did Charlie find confusion about his dreams?

Answer: He wasn't sure if the events really happened or if they were invented in his mind


Question: What was the significance of the bloody knife dream?

Answer: Charlie was not ready to think of a woman romantically. Yet he wanted to love someone.


Question: What memories did the newspaper article about Charlie's action in New York trigger?

Answer: Charlie remembered seeing Norma as a baby and that she was considered normal. Rose wanted to place Charlie in a home to protect Norma from him


Question: What is the significance of the dream about Norma?

Answer: Norma treated Charlie badly and was unable to get the dog she was promised. She blamed Charlie and told people that he was not her real brother. Charlie now feels bad because Norma could not have her dog


POST SURGERY

Question: What did Charlie discover about his "friends" when he went to a party with them?

Answer: They were making fun of him and weren't true friends.


Question: How was Charlie's relationship with Miss Alice Kinnian changing?

Answer: Charlie was becoming attracted to her


Question: In what area was Charlie's progress a potential problem?

Answer: His intellectual growth was advancing more rapidly than his emotional growth?


Question: How did Charlie know he was getting smarter?

Answer: He was able to spell and use punctuation smarter. He read and understood what he was reading.


Question: What caused Charlie to resent Professor Nemur?

Answer: Professor Nemur kept referring to Charlie as less than human. He made references to having made Charlie what he is. However, Charlie was a human being before the surgery.


THE DECLINE

Question: What were signs of Charlie's regression?

Answer: He refused to complete any more mazes or take any more tests


Question: How did Charlie feel about his regression?

Answer: He was scared


Question: What was Charlie's plan once he regressed mentally?

Answer: He would admit himself into the Warren School so no one would feel sorry for him


Question: What is the Algernon-Gordon effect?

Answer: Artificially induced intelligence deteriorates at a rate of time directly proportionally to the quantity of the increase


Question: How did the Algernon-Gordon effect impact both Algernon and Charlie?
Answer: Both would regress mentally