Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling — Unit test

Question 7 • GA-GSE English Language Arts 11

Which excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon" foreshadows that the intelligence surgery may not work in the long term?

Answer

“Then all of a suddin I rememberd some things about the operashun and me getting smart and I said holy smoke I reely pulled a Charlie Gordon that time.”

“Here is the place for the application of all the knowledge I have acquired. In a sense it's the problem I've been concerned with all my life.”

“As you see, my experiments are completed. I have included in my report all of my formulae, as well as mathematical analysis in the appendix.”

“It happened today. Algernon bit me. I visited the lab to see him as I do occasionally, and when I took him out of his cage, he snapped at my hand.”

Explanation

Algernon had the same intelligence-enhancing operation as Charlie, so changes in Algernon can hint at what may happen to Charlie. His sudden aggression when he bites Charlie suggests that the effects of the surgery may be wearing off or causing problems. This foreshadows that the intelligence gained through the operation may not last.

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