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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Button continue to try to make his elderly son act like a baby?
(a) By forcing him to listen to his father sing nursery rhymes.
(b) By forcing him to sit on his lap in a rocking chair.
(c) By forcing him to say, "Goo goo gah gah."
(d) By forcing him to play with rattles and drink milk.

2. What does Benjamin NOT promise to continue doing, to get from his father what he has requested?
(a) Dying his hair.
(b) Playing with boys his age.
(c) Enlist in the army.
(d) Pretending to be his age.

3. Who is Hildegarde Moncrief?
(a) The cousin of the Shevlins.
(b) The daughter of General Moncrief.
(c) A young widow.
(d) A beautiful young orphan.

4. Instead of playing with the items his father brings home, what does Benjamin do?
(a) He writes telegraph messages to his grandfather.
(b) He calls his friends on the telephone.
(c) He reads his mother's magazines.
(d) He reads the encyclopedia.

5. What is Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails?
(a) Stronger, mass-produced nails will be more cost-effective.
(b) Less nails need to be used on the lids of shipped containers.
(c) All nails used in nailing boxes that are to be shipped to be the property of the shipee.
(d) Nails for shipping should be replaced with screws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creates a permanent rift between Benjamin and Hildegarde?

2. Benjamin is the first man in Baltimore to own what?

3. What do Benjamin and Hildegarde plan to do to continue their discussion?

4. As Benjamin and Roger head home, what does Roger try to discuss?

5. How does Benjamin feel when he finally meets Hildegarde?

(see the answer key)

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