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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 is Dr. Keene's response when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?
(a) He tells him they are doing just fine.
(b) He tells him he is unsure, as he was not there when the baby was born.
(c) He tells him that the birth ended in tragedy.
(d) He tells him to go see for himself.

2. In Chapter III, when Mr. Button finally gives in and lets Benjamin eat food, what does he allow?
(a) Bread with butter and oatmeal.
(b) Fruits and vegetables.
(c) Cakes and cookies.
(d) Crackers and cereal.

3. Where is Benjamin headed at the end of Chapter IV?
(a) To Boston.
(b) Back home to Baltimore.
(c) To Harvard.
(d) To New York City.

4. 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) Leave the hospital alone.
(c) Scream and cry.
(d) Stay in the hospital forever.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Button run into Dr. Keene?

2. Once upstairs, how does the nurse respond when Mr. Button mentions that he is Mr. Button?

3. What does Benjamin NOT promise to continue doing, to get from his father what he has requested?

4. Does Mr. Hart believe that Benjamin is 18?

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

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