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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Button is telling Benjamin who controls the future, to whom is he referring?
(a) His father.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) His unborn grandchildren.
(d) Himself.

2. From where has Roscoe recently graduated in Chapter VIII?
(a) Yale.
(b) Carnegie-Mellon.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

3. How does Mr. Button react when he sees Dr. Keene?
(a) He runs to him.
(b) He hurries away from him.
(c) He skips up to him.
(d) He slowly walks over to him.

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

5. What is the problem with men who are 25, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too tired and overworked.
(b) They are too old.
(c) They are too full of stories.
(d) They are too worldly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Button's son react to the suit his father has purchased for him?

2. How do others feel about Benjamin in the 1890s?

3. At the end of Chapter VIII, what is the only problem that Benjamin has, according to the narrator?

4. What does Hildegarde NOT think about the way Benjamin is aging?

5. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?

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