Read the excerpt from part 2 of "Flowers for Algernon." They're all pretending that Algernon's behavior is not necessarily significant for me. But it's hard to hide the fact that some of the other animals who were used in this experiment are showing strange behavior. How does Algernon’s behavior affect Charlie and affect the plot? It makes Charlie excited about the possibility that his research will become more interesting. It makes Charlie realize that he must protect himself from ending up like the mouse. It makes Charlie excited that he will have a lot of time to complete his studies. It makes Charlie realize that he must finish his research as quickly as possible.

It makes Charlie realize that he must finish his research as quickly as possible.

Explanation:

In Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon," as Charlie sees the outcome that the procedure is having on Algernon, a laboratory mouse, he realizes that the same will happen to him. Thus, he hurries to finish his paper on artifcial intelligence before the effect of the surgery makes his genious intelligence decline and return to his mental disability. In fact, he writes in his report:

"I am going ahead with my plans to carry their research forward. With all due respect to both of these fine scientists, l am well aware of their limitations. If there is an answer, I'll have to find it out for myself. Suddenly, time has become very important to me. "

A:

Explanation:

 The sentence in option A has the correct punctuation and capitalization, it has an indirect quote: [She] said she "never..." In options B and D, the direct quotes needed a comma before the quotes. And in option C, the correct is the definite article 'the', not capitalized, placed before, outside the quotation marks, and only city of lights inside the the quotation marks.