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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What war breaks out that is good for the Buttons?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Civil War.

2. How does Benjamin manage to get to the train safely?
(a) He takes a shortcut.
(b) He is escorted by the police.
(c) He hails a cab.
(d) He runs.

3. When does Mr. Button need to take his son home from the hospital?
(a) Within the week.
(b) Never.
(c) Today, and as soon as possible.
(d) This very moment.

4. What had Mr. Button been known as in college?
(a) Bob.
(b) Ruff.
(c) Rog.
(d) Cuff.

5. What does Mr. Button assume has happened, regarding his child and what he sees in the crying-room?
(a) He is having a nightmare.
(b) His child has been accidentally switched with someone else's.
(c) The nurse is confused.
(d) A prank has been played on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?

2. By 18, how old does Benjamin look?

3. What do other students do to Benjamin, because they believe he is an old man passing as a young college student?

4. Who is convinced that Benjamin is a young boy?

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

(see the answer key)

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