“Flowers for Algernon”
Sequence of events or Chronological Order
Answer the following “timeline” questions about “Flowers for Algernon”
1. What day did Charlie start writing Progress Reports?
2. List the date of Charlie’s surgery.
3. How many days did it take for Charlie to be able to write a Progress Report after surgery?
4. How many days passed between Charlie’s surgery, and when he beat Algernon?
5. What day did Charlie read the grammar book?
6. List the two dates that Joe and Frank took Charlie out.
7. What’s the first “Row Shok” test date?
8. What’s the second “Rorschach” test date?
9. When did Charlie get a raise?
10. When did Charlie get fired?
11. List the two dates of Charlie’s “dates” with Miss Kinnian.
12. What day did Charlie decide to research human intelligence?
13. List the date that Charlie beat Algernon, and the date that Algernon bit Charlie?
14. How many days between Algernon’s bite and Algernon’s death?
15. What is the date of Charlie’s letter to Dr. Strauss?
16. When does Charlie notice the deterioration progressing?
17. What day doe Charlie give up typing?
18. How many Progress Reports are there from June 5th to the end?
19. When did Mrs. Flynn tell Charlie that he has to go back to work?
20. List the day Charlie got his job back, and then the day he decided to leave.