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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 ask Dr. Keene, when he sees that Dr. Keene looks worried?
(a) If his wife survived.
(b) If the baby survived.
(c) If the baby was a girl instead of a boy.
(d) If his wife had triplets.

2. What does Dr. Keane turn away and mutter to himself?
(a) Expectant fathers are so irritating.
(b) He is exhausted.
(c) He is worried this case will ruin him.
(d) He is tired of delivering babies.

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

5. In which period does this story begin?
(a) The Civil War period.
(b) The antebellum period.
(c) The Interwar Era.
(d) The Reconstruction Era.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Mr. Button's son react to the suit his father has purchased for him?

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

5. How does Mr. Button feel when the nurse confirms the bearded man is his son?

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