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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Benjamin headed at the end of Chapter IV?
(a) To Harvard.
(b) Back home to Baltimore.
(c) To Boston.
(d) To New York City.

2. What does Benjamin wish, regarding himself, upon meeting and speaking with Hildegarde?
(a) That Hildegarde could like men, and him, at any age.
(b) That he could tell Hildegarde the truth.
(c) That he was actually 50 years old.
(d) That he had not met Hildegarde.

3. How does Mr. Button continue to try to make his elderly son act like a baby?
(a) By forcing him to say, "Goo goo gah gah."
(b) By forcing him to play with rattles and drink milk.
(c) By forcing him to listen to his father sing nursery rhymes.
(d) By forcing him to sit on his lap in a rocking chair.

4. As Benjamin boards the train leaving Yale, what does he shout out the window?
(a) Nothing, as he cowers in his seat.
(b) The mob and Yale will regret what they have said and done to him.
(c) Nay, nay, nay, na boo boo!
(d) Expletives.

5. What had Mr. Button been known as in college?
(a) Rog.
(b) Cuff.
(c) Ruff.
(d) Bob.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter VI, how many months later is it?

3. Where do the Buttons live?

4. What makes Benjamin and Hildegarde want to see each other again after meeting?

5. How does Benjamin try to act regarding Hildegarde?

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