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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?
(a) Irritated.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Elated.
(d) Sad.

2. 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.

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

4. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?
(a) Reads the children's books he finds in the nursery.
(b) Sings himself to sleep.
(c) Plays with toy trains.
(d) Smokes his father's cigars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Hart throw Benjamin out of the college and out of the town?

2. In which period does this story begin?

3. How does Mr. Button react when Benjamin accidentally breaks a window in the kitchen playing with a sling shot?

4. What does Benjamin request of his father, now that he sees he is growing younger?

5. How does Mr. Button feel about the upcoming birth of his first child?

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