1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 VocabularyCharactersTrue/FalseStorylineMISC

2. Something “touchable;” it can be seen, felt, or in some other way observed.

3. tangible (100)

4. to prove wrong with evidence

5. refute (200)

6. Looking inward; reflective or aware of one’s own thoughts and feelings

7. introspective (300)

8. a return to a previous, less advanced condition

9. regression (400)

10. a feeling of low self-worth

11. inferiority complex (500)

12. This is the main character of “FFA”

13. Charlie Gordon (100)

14. the mouse used in experiments

15. Algernon (200)

16. Name one of Charlie’s two “friends” at the factory

17. Joe Carp or Frank Reilly (300)

18. Charlie accused this test administrator of misleading him.

19. Burt (400)

20. This person may be the only true friend Charlie always had.

21. Miss Kinnian (500)

22. Algernon deteriorates both mentally and physically.

23. True (100)

24. Charlie is terribly upset when Algernon dies because he felt the mouse was treated unfairly by the doctors.

25. FALSE. He cries for Algernon because he knows HE may also die. (200)

26. Charlie sends Miss Kinnian away because he wants to maintain his self-respect.

27. TRUE. He is embarrassed that he has hit rock- bottom. (300)

28. Charlie is grateful for the knowledge he had, even though it was temporary.

29. True. (400)

30. Charlie occasionally feels suicidal.

31. True. (500)

32. What is the “television” supposed to do?

33. Help Charlie learn/remember while he is sleeping. (100)

34. What does Charlie decide to do at the end of the story?

35. Move away from New York; or start a new life somewhere else. (200)

36. Daily Double! Daily Double!

37. What significant event happens at the party?

38. Charlie realizes his “friends” have really been making fun of him all this time. (600)

39. Why was Charlie chosen for the experimental surgery?

40. His motivation (“motorvation”) or determination (400)

41. How do Joe & Frank show a change of heart towards the end of the story?

42. They stick up for Charlie when someone makes fun of him at the factory. (500)

43. How does Robinson Crusoe foreshadow Charlie’s life?

44. Charlie will realize the truth about his “friends” and will be all alone. (100)

45. What does it mean to “pull a Charlie Gordon”?

46. It means someone has done something stupid. (Charlie’s coworkers coined the phrase.) (200)

47. Why did Charlie still have trouble communicating at the height of his intelligence?

48. He was “too” smart for most of the people around him. (300)

49. T/F: Algernon wins the races at first because he is naturally much smarter than Charlie.

50. FALSE. Algernon wins because he has already had the operation. (400)

51. What vocabulary word means “foolish innocence”? (must be either spelled correctly OR pronounced correctly to receive points!)

52. naïveté (500)