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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose hands does Mr. Button say the the future is?
(a) The hands of his fellow businessmen.
(b) The hands of the young.
(c) Those who are not born yet.
(d) The elderly.

2. As Benjamin and Roger head home, what does Roger try to discuss?
(a) Hildegarde.
(b) School.
(c) The dance.
(d) Hardware.

3. What is the relationship between Benjamin and his father by Chapter V?
(a) Very loving.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Friendly.

4. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?
(a) Sings himself to sleep.
(b) Plays with toy trains.
(c) Reads the children's books he finds in the nursery.
(d) Smokes his father's cigars.

5. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?
(a) 5th and 12.
(b) 12th and 21st.
(c) 8th and 10th.
(d) 18th and 21st.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 18, how old does Benjamin look?

2. How do those in society who meet Benjamin react?

3. How is Mr. Button dressed the day his wife gives birth?

4. Why does Benjamin have an unusual and new reaction when arriving at the dance in Chapter V?

5. What makes Benjamin and Hildegarde want to see each other again after meeting?

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