First Read: Comprehension
Identify the choice that best answers the question.
In "Flowers for Algemon," why do the doctors use Charlie in their experiment?

A. They see that he has bonded with Algernon.

B. They believe that he is motivated to try to learn.

C. They know that he can get a better job if his skills improve.

D. They realize that he is the only person who is willing to participate

Why did the narrator's mother get water from outside three times a day?

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demons that is dreaming which of these poetic devices is used here?

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?