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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Benjamin's father a bit uncertain about his son's request?
(a) Mr. Button likes Benjamin's current hair style.
(b) Most boys do not wear long pants until age 14.
(c) There are no other shades of hair dye.
(d) A beard would make Benjamin look entirely too old.

2. How does Mr. Button feel when the nurse confirms the bearded man is his son?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is in shock.
(c) He begins to laugh.
(d) He is unconcerned.

3. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?
(a) At home.
(b) A barn.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) A bedroom.

4. What does Dr. Keane turn away and mutter to himself?
(a) He is worried this case will ruin him.
(b) He is tired of delivering babies.
(c) Expectant fathers are so irritating.
(d) He is exhausted.

5. In Chapter II, how old does Mr. Button initially tell the store clerk his son is?
(a) 6 hours old.
(b) 6 days old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Benjamin's father sends him to Yale to take his entrance exams?

2. Before he hurries out of the hospital, for what does Mr. Button's son ask?

3. Why does Benjamin's kindergarten teacher want him out of her class?

4. In 1860, where are most babies born?

5. Instead of playing with the items his father brings home, what does Benjamin do?

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