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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other leadership roles, besides captain, does Benjamin hold by the end of the war?
(a) Brigadier general and general.
(b) Major and lieutenant-colonel.
(c) Colonel and brigadier general.
(d) Lieutenant-colonel and colonel.

2. How is Benjamin received at home upon returning from war?
(a) As an oddity.
(b) As a hero.
(c) As a stranger.
(d) As an ordinary citizen.

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

4. When they first meet in the hospital crying room, what does Mr. Button's son threaten to do?
(a) Stay in the hospital forever.
(b) Scream and cry.
(c) Leave the hospital alone.
(d) Take off the itchy blanket wrapped around him.

5. How does the general try to convince Hildegarde that she should not marry Benjamin?
(a) She is too pretty for such an old man, and Benjamin will not love her forever.
(b) Men of 50 have a great chance of dying, and the wholesale business is not stable.
(c) She is too pretty for such an old man, and men of 50 have a great chance of dying.
(d) Benjamin will not love her forever, and the wholesale business is not stable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjamin wish, regarding himself, upon meeting and speaking with Hildegarde?

2. In Chapter VIII, how does Hildegarde welcome Benjamin home?

3. When did the Spanish-American War break out?

4. When does Mr. Button need to take his son home from the hospital?

5. Why is it not made known that Hildegarde Moncrief is engaged to Benjamin Button?

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