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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?
(a) Dr. Keene could not save Mrs. Button.
(b) Dr. Keene is done with Mr. Button and his family and never wants to see them again.
(c) Mr. Button's son was born an old man.
(d) The baby should be left at an orphanage.

2. Why does Benjamin regularly break items around the house?
(a) To make his father happy.
(b) To get on his father's nerves.
(c) To get attention.
(d) He is very clumsy.

3. What is the problem with men who are in their 40s, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too full of stories.
(b) They are too worldly.
(c) They are too tired and overworked.
(d) They are too old.

4. Around what age does Benjamin first notice he has grown younger?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 21.

5. What is the problem with men who are in their 30s, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too full of stories.
(b) They are too old.
(c) They are too tired and overworked.
(d) They are too worldly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Button continue to try to make his elderly son act like a baby?

2. How do those in society who meet Benjamin react?

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

4. In Chapter II, how old does Mr. Button initially tell the store clerk his son is?

5. Why does Mr. Button hope the baby will be a boy?

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