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Your Flowers For Algernon IQ Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of the Nebula Award winning novel by Daniel Keyes' "Flowers For Algernon".

A multiple-choice quiz by seventh_friend. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
seventh_friend

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
256,930

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
404

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who or what is Algernon? Hint

Charlie Gordon's teacher

Charlie Gordon's pet dog

The name of the bakery where Charlie works

A mouse being used in a scientific experiment

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Question 2 of 10

2. As part of the scientific experiment, Dr Strauss asks Charlie to write what? Hint

Progress reports

Newspaper articles

Narratives

Shopping lists

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is Miss Kinnian's first name? Hint

Fay

Alice

Julie

Anna

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Question 4 of 10

4. When Charlie moves into his apartment, what does his new neighbour do for a living? Hint

She is a novelist

She drives taxi-cabs

She is a doctor

She is an artist

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Question 5 of 10

5. How do Charlie and his neighbour get into each other's apartments? Hint

Using the door

Through the side window

By climbing up the drain pipe

Charlie's neighbour never comes out

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does Charlie build for Algernon? Hint

A letter box

An altar

A three dimensional maze

A bed

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of Charlie's dad's barber shop? Hint

A Trim From Jim

Snip, Snip, Snip

The Olde Barber Shoppe

Gordon's Barber Shop

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Charlie's mother dislike him doing most of all? Hint

Standing in the corner

Crying

Making in his pants

Staring at his sister

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Question 9 of 10

9. To which two people did Daniel Keyes dedicate "Flowers For Algernon"? Hint

His children and mother

His sister and brother

His mother and father

His wife and mother

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many progress reports does Charlie write? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who or what is Algernon?

Answer: A mouse being used in a scientific experiment

Charlie first met Algernon, the mouse in a science lab, where both Algernon and Charlie were run through IQ tests.

2. As part of the scientific experiment, Dr Strauss asks Charlie to write what?

Answer: Progress reports

Charlie must continue to write progress reports throughout the experiment so Dr Strauss can keep track of his thoughts and improvements.

3. What is Miss Kinnian's first name?

Answer: Alice

When Charlie begins to get smarter, instead of calling his teacher Miss Kinnian, he calls her Alice.

4. When Charlie moves into his apartment, what does his new neighbour do for a living?

Answer: She is an artist

Fay, Charlie's neighbour is an artist, with very interesting tastes.

5. How do Charlie and his neighbour get into each other's apartments?

Answer: Through the side window

Charlie discovered that he could get into Fay's apartment by climbing through the side window. This becomes a common way for both of them to enter each other's apartment.

6. What does Charlie build for Algernon?

Answer: A three dimensional maze

When Charlie steals Algernon from the convention, he returns home and builds him a three dimensional maze.

7. What was the name of Charlie's dad's barber shop?

Answer: Gordon's Barber Shop

Charlie goes searching for his dad and finds out that he owns a barber shop called 'Gordon's Barber Shop'. His dad always wanted to own a barber shop.

8. What did Charlie's mother dislike him doing most of all?

Answer: Making in his pants

Charlie's mother always hated it when Charlie would wet himself, especially in public.

9. To which two people did Daniel Keyes dedicate "Flowers For Algernon"?

Answer: His mother and father

The dedication says 'For my Mother and in memory of my Father'.

10. How many progress reports does Charlie write?

Answer: 17

The books is not written in chapters but instead contains 17 progress reports.

Source: Author seventh_friend

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