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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they first meet in the hospital crying room, what does Mr. Button's son threaten to do?
(a) Take off the itchy blanket wrapped around him.
(b) Scream and cry.
(c) Stay in the hospital forever.
(d) Leave the hospital alone.

2. Where do the Buttons live?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) New York City.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

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

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

5. By 18, how old does Benjamin look?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter III, when Mr. Button finally gives in and lets Benjamin eat food, what does he allow?

2. What is the socioeconomic status of the Mr. Button and his family?

3. Who starts to follow Benjamin on his way to the train station after Mr. Hart threw him out?

4. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?

5. When Mr. Button approaches the nurse at the front desk and mentions his name, how does she react?

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