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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the nurse suggest that Mr. Button do, so he can take his son home?
(a) Talk some sense into him.
(b) Call a cab.
(c) Go shopping for clothes for him.
(d) Calm him down.

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

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

4. 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.

5. When asked again how old his son is, what is Mr. Button's reply?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 16.
(c) 6 days old.
(d) 6 hours old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Button’s son look in the new suit?

2. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?

3. How does Mr. Button react when he sees Dr. Keene?

4. How old does Mr. Buttons' son appear to be?

5. In which period does this story begin?

(see the answer key)

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