Flowers for Algernon Part 1 Questions

(Due Tuesday November 8)

Directions: Please answer the following questions in FULL sentences.

Makes sure your answers are in a different color so that it is easy to

differentiate between the questions and answer. If a questions asks for
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, please make sure you add a page #.

ELA STANDARDS:
RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of
what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL.8.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and
the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony)
create such effects as suspense or humor.
Review THIS PRESENTATION before you start reading. The story begins on
page 672, and part 1 ends on page 686. Part 1 is due on Tuesday November 8!

AFTER PROGRIS REPORT 3:

1. Why does Charlie say I never tell lies? What is he talking about?
He is saying he doesn't lie because he always gets caught
2. What does this say about his personality and intelligence?
He isn't a very smart person
3. Who is Algernon?
A mouse in a maze

AFTER PROGRIS REPORT 4:

4. What were Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss arguing about?
Whether or not they will do the operation on charlie
5. Charlie will be the first human being to ever have something happen to
him. What is it?
To have his IQ tripled by science

AFTER PROGRIS REPORT 5 & 6:

6. Dr. Strauss tells Charlie not to worry about the operation. What is his
reasoning for this?

So that he doesn't become scared

7. Dr. Strauss wants Charlie to concentrate on what in his journal entries?
What he feels and what he thinks

AFTER PROGRESS REPORT 7 & 8:

8. What is Charlies opinion of Algernon now? Why does it change?
His opinion of algernon is that the mouse is just an opponent who went
through the same procedure he did and one day maybe hell beat it
Text Evidence #1:Thats why algernon beats me all the time because he had
that operashun too. That makes
amazed
me feel better. I coud probly do that
faster than a regular mouse.
page #679
9. Charlie says Joe and Frank are friends and they like him. What are Joe and
Frank really doing to Charlie?

They are making fun of him

AFTER PROGRESS REPORT 9:

10. What is a victory for Charlie?

When he beats algernon
Text Evidence #1: I beat Algernon!
page #682
11. Why did Mrs. Kinnian run out of the room? What does this tell you about
how she feels about Charlie?
She ran out of the room because she was crying. This tells me that she really
cares about charlie
12. List 3 improvements in Charlies intelligence from the beginning until the
end of Part I.
He can now beat algernon the mouse
Text Evidence #1: I beat Algernon!
page #682
His spelling has improved
Text Evidence #2: Progris Ript, Progress Report
page# 677, 681
He is more aware of what his friends are doing
Text Evidence #3: Now I know what it means when they say to pull a Charlie
Gordon

Im ashamed.
page #686
13. What does it mean to pull a Charlie Gordon? How does Charlie react
when he realizes this?
It means to do something stupid, he feels ashamed
Text Evidence #1: Now I know what it means when they say to pull a Charlie
Gordon
Im ashamed.
page # 686

Flowers for Algernon Part 2 Questions

(Due Wednesday November 9)
Directions: Please stop reading after each b
olded section below and answer
the following questions demonstrating your knowledge of
and
. Part 2 is due on Wednesday November 9!

After page 695:

1. Provide a one sentence summary of these four pages:
Charlie keeps getting smarter and smarter, he is soon to surpass ms. Kinnian,
but he is starting to warm up to her
2. How does Charlie view himself?
He sees himself getting smarter, but as he is getting smarter is getting more
removed from his peers
Text Evidence: People don't talk to me much any more or kid around the way
they used to. It makes the job kind of lonely
Page #:694
3. How do OTHERS view Charlie?
They think it's very weird how charlie is getting smarter and are distancing
themselves from him because of this.
Text Evidence: I wanted to take Joe Carp and Frank Reilly out to lunch to
celebrate, but joe said he had to buy some things for his wife , and frank said
he was meeting his cousin for lunch.
Page #: 694

After page 699:

1. Provide a one sentence summary of these four pages:
2. How does Charlie view himself?
He finds himself getting to be too smart for a normal person
Text Evidence: I find that i don't communicate with people much anymore.
Thank god for books and music and things i can think about
Page #:699
3. How do OTHERS view Charlie?
people don't like him because he is different than he was before
Text Evidence: You used to be a good, dependable, ordinary man-not too
bright maybe, but honest. Who knows what you've done to yourself to get
smart all of the sudden. Like everybody around heres been saying, Charlie,
it's not right.
Page #:697

After page 703:

1. Provide a one sentence summary of these four pages:
Charlie realizes how far he has come, but algernon is acting differently which
could mean that the same will happen to charlie, charlie is determined to find
out why.
2. How does Charlie view himself?
He finally realizes how far he has come once he sees a man not far from what
he was drop some dishes
Text Evidence: today in looking at that oy , for the first time i saw what I had
been.
Page #:701
3. How do OTHERS view Charlie?
Strauss and Nemur think he is working too hard
Text Evidence: Dr. Strauss thinks i'm working too hard. Dr. Nemur says Im
trying to cram a lifetime of research and thought into a few weeks
Page #:703

After page 707:

1. Provide a one sentence summary of these four pages:
Charlie knows why algernon is dying, and confirms it's going to happen to
him too, once the deterioration starts he views the things he was able to do
before as things he could never fathom to do in his life.
2. How does Charlie view himself?
He sees himself as a dead man, but also sees how important he is to science
Text Evidence: I feel the darkness closing in. It's hard to throw off thoughts of
suicide. I keep telling myself how introspective this journal will be.
Page #:706
3. How do OTHERS view Charlie?
They see him as a very sad failure, and they feel really bad
Text Evidence: Dr. Strauss comes around almost every day, but I told him I
wouldnt see or speak to anybody. He feels Guilty. They all do.
Page #:

After page 711:

1. Provide a one sentence summary of these four pages:
People start to worry about charlie, he writes his last progress report i which
he confesses he is going to leave new york to get away from the life he once
had.
2. How does Charlie view himself?
He thinks he is hurting every one he knows
Text Evidence:I don't want ms. Kinnian to feel sorry for me.
Page #:711
3. How do OTHERS view Charlie?
People are worried about him
Text Evidence: My landlady Mrs. Flynn is very worried about me.
Page #: 708