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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mr. Button in a panic about taking his son home from the hospital?
(a) He has nowhere for him to sleep.
(b) He does not know how he can walk through the streets and introduce this old man as his newborn son.
(c) He is not sure what to feed him.
(d) He has never held a newborn baby before.

2. What is the socioeconomic status of the Mr. Button and his family?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Poor.
(d) Working class.

3. How does Mr. Button feel when the nurse confirms the bearded man is his son?
(a) He is unconcerned.
(b) He begins to laugh.
(c) He is in shock.
(d) He is angry.

4. How old does Mr. Buttons' son appear to be?
(a) 70.
(b) 7 hours.
(c) 60.
(d) 17.

5. Why does Benjamin decide to attend Harvard?
(a) He will get more scholarship money at Harvard.
(b) He wants revenge on the mob and on Yale.
(c) His father went to Harvard.
(d) Harvard is a better school than Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Benjamin's kindergarten teacher want him out of her class?

2. How old is Benjamin in Chapter V?

3. Why is Benjamin unable to focus on his father's conversation on the way back home?

4. What does Dr. Keane turn away and mutter to himself?

5. Who is convinced that Benjamin is a young boy?

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