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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason Roscoe gives Benjamin for why he will not enroll him in the preparatory school?
(a) He does not want Benjamin attending preparatory school.
(b) He cannot afford preparatory school.
(c) He does not have the time to do it.
(d) He does not think Benjamin is smart enough to attend preparatory school.

2. How does Benjamin feel when he receives a letter in which the army is asking for those who had fought in the Spanish-American war, no matter their age, to join the army again?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Angry.
(d) He feels nothing.

3. Who gives Benjamin the idea that he should go to Harvard?
(a) Mr. Button.
(b) Mr. Hart.
(c) One of his instructors.
(d) A member of the mob.

4. How does the general try to convince Hildegarde that she should not marry Benjamin?
(a) She is too pretty for such an old man, and men of 50 have a great chance of dying.
(b) She is too pretty for such an old man, and Benjamin will not love her forever.
(c) Men of 50 have a great chance of dying, and the wholesale business is not stable.
(d) Benjamin will not love her forever, and the wholesale business is not stable.

5. How does Benjamin get to Camp Mosby in South Carolina?
(a) He hitchhikes.
(b) He takes a bus.
(c) He has a friend drive him in his automobile.
(d) He takes a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Button see upon entering the crying-room?

2. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?

3. What is NOT an activity mentioned that Benjamin enjoys as a toddler?

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

5. When asked again how old his son is, what is Mr. Button's reply?

(see the answer key)

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