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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the dance take place that both Mr. Button and Benjamin attend together in Chapter V?
(a) The Shevlins' country estate.
(b) The Button home.
(c) At a country estate outside of Washington, D.C.
(d) In a ballroom in Baltimore.

2. Where does Mr. Button run into Dr. Keene?
(a) Just outside the hospital.
(b) In a pub.
(c) On a trolley.
(d) Around the corner from his home.

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

4. What does Roger do to try to prove that Benjamin is a young man?
(a) He publishes Benjamin’s birth certificate in the paper.
(b) He shows photographs of Benjamin as an old man.
(c) He tells the truth to all who will listen.
(d) He tells the story of Benjamin's experience at Yale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Benjamin and his father pass as brothers in Chapter V?

2. What does Mr. Button threaten to do, if his son does not put the new suit on?

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

4. How does Benjamin manage to get to the train safely?

5. What is the problem with men who are in their 40s, according to Hildegarde?

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