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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 does Mr. Button see upon entering the crying-room?
(a) An old man with a beard.
(b) Triplets.
(c) A small baby boy.
(d) A young man.

2. Where does Mr. Button run into Dr. Keene?
(a) On a trolley.
(b) Just outside the hospital.
(c) In a pub.
(d) Around the corner from his home.

3. As Benjamin boards the train leaving Yale, what does he shout out the window?
(a) Nay, nay, nay, na boo boo!
(b) Expletives.
(c) The mob and Yale will regret what they have said and done to him.
(d) Nothing, as he cowers in his seat.

4. How does Mr. Button react when he sees Dr. Keene?
(a) He hurries away from him.
(b) He runs to him.
(c) He slowly walks over to him.
(d) He skips up to him.

5. What does Benjamin NOT promise to continue doing, to get from his father what he has requested?
(a) Enlist in the army.
(b) Playing with boys his age.
(c) Dying his hair.
(d) Pretending to be his age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse suggest that Mr. Button do, so he can take his son home?

2. Where do the Buttons live?

3. How does Mr. Button feel when he sees the fancy suit on display?

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

5. How is Mr. Button dressed the day his wife gives birth?

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