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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is NOT one of the rumors spread about Benjamin?
(a) He has a very rare growth condition.
(b) He is really Roger’s father.
(c) He has two devil horns on his head.
(d) He is John Wilkes Boothe in disguise.

2. What do other students do to Benjamin, because they believe he is an old man passing as a young college student?
(a) They fire insults at him as he heads to the train.
(b) They throw rocks at him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They cheer him on.

3. Why does Benjamin's kindergarten teacher want him out of her class?
(a) He regularly drifts off to sleep.
(b) He reeks of cigar smoke.
(c) He is a troublemaker.
(d) He is learning nothing and distracts the other children.

4. At the end of Chapter VIII, what is the only problem that Benjamin has, according to the narrator?
(a) He must be seen in public with Hildegarde, who is nearly 50.
(b) He is losing income by not working as much.
(c) He is too busy going to parties to give his son and wife attention.
(d) He continues to age backwards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once upstairs, how does the nurse respond when Mr. Button mentions that he is Mr. Button?

2. What is the socioeconomic status of the Mr. Button and his family?

3. How does Mr. Button react when Benjamin accidentally breaks a window in the kitchen playing with a sling shot?

4. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?

5. In Chapter VII, how are Hildegard’s friends who are concerned about her marriage wrong in one way?

(see the answer key)

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