In an early report, Charlie sees only ink on Rorschach cards and worries he failed. The tester wanted imagined pictures. What does the reader understand that Charlie does not?

Algernon beats Charlie in maze races again and again, and Charlie is amazed that a mouse can be so smart. What does the reader understand?

Charlie calls Joe and Frank from the bakery his friends, but at a party they make him dance and then laugh at him. What does the reader understand that Charlie does not yet see?

After Nurse Hilda says the doctors may have no right to make Charlie smart, she is gone the next day. Charlie does not connect the events. What can the reader infer?

When Nemur calls Charlie the first human subject, Charlie thanks him for a second chance. What does the reader understand beyond Charlie's view?

Before the operation, Miss Kinnian looks nervous while Charlie focuses on getting smart right away. What does the reader understand that Charlie misses?

Charlie's first reports have phonetic spelling, run-on sentences, and few marks of punctuation. What does that writing reveal about the narrator?

After the operation, Charlie's entries suddenly use clearer grammar and punctuation. What does this change in the reports reveal?

Later entries include longer sentences and abstract ideas about science, religion, and human behavior. What does this writing change show?

Near the end, Charlie's spelling and punctuation begin to break down again. What does this change in his writing reveal?

Charlie's reports grow more private as he begins wanting to keep some entries from Nemur and Strauss. What does that shift reveal about him?

Later, Charlie hears a recording of the first inkblot test and learns Burt gave the same directions both times. How does that revise the earlier report?

Early reports present Joe and Frank as Charlie's friends. Later Charlie realizes they had laughed at him for years. How does the later view revise the earlier one?

At first, Charlie wants to beat Algernon in the maze. Later, Algernon's decline warns Charlie what may happen to him. How does the later entry revise the earlier one?

Early entries treat the operation as Charlie's chance to become smart permanently. Later he names the Algernon-Gordon Effect. How does that later discovery revise the early hope?

At first, Charlie resents Algernon for winning maze races. In the final postscript, he asks someone to put flowers on Algernon's grave. What revision happens?

Because the narration is only Charlie's progress reports, the reader sees Alice mainly through what Charlie notices. What is kept from the reader?

Charlie often reports only what he hears or overhears from Nemur and Strauss. What does this first-person form keep uncertain?

When Charlie misunderstands a test, the report gives his confused version first. What information does the first-person form delay?

The reports follow Charlie's discoveries as he makes them, including the flaw in the experiment. What does this first-person structure keep from the reader until late?