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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 does Mr. Button hope the baby will be a boy?
(a) Because he prefers boys to girls.
(b) So he can make him his junior.
(c) So he can send him to Yale.
(d) So he can take over the family business.

2. At the age of five, what is Benjamin forced to do?
(a) Leave home.
(b) Attend kindergarten.
(c) Move into a home for the aging.
(d) Have a surgery.

3. Why is war good for the Buttons?
(a) Mr. Button can enlist.
(b) They can make a profit off of it.
(c) They can send Benjamin to fight in it.
(d) Much of society is distracted, so they can more easily hide the fact their infant son was born an elderly man.

4. What does Benjamin request of his father, now that he sees he is growing younger?
(a) A beard.
(b) Long pants.
(c) Different hair dye.
(d) A new hair style.

5. In 1860, where are most babies born?
(a) In a hospital.
(b) At home.
(c) In a birthing center.
(d) In a home for mothers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Benjamin headed at the end of Chapter IV?

3. In Chapter III, when Mr. Button finally gives in and lets Benjamin eat food, what does he allow?

4. What does Mr. Button NOT bring home for Benjamin in Chapter III?

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

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