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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Benjamin decide to attend Harvard?
(a) Harvard is a better school than Yale.
(b) He wants revenge on the mob and on Yale.
(c) His father went to Harvard.
(d) He will get more scholarship money at Harvard.

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

3. Much of Benjamin’s life had improved over the years, except what?
(a) He is not as close to his father as he once was.
(b) He is not as wealthy as he would like to be.
(c) He does not have a strong bond with his son.
(d) He is no longer attracted to his wife.

4. Why does Benjamin have an unusual and new reaction when arriving at the dance in Chapter V?
(a) He has been to very few dances.
(b) He sees a beautiful young woman descend from the carriage with her family.
(c) He would rather be at home with his mother.
(d) He is not used to having to wait.

5. How do others feel about Benjamin in the 1890s?
(a) They have no feelings towards him and ignore him.
(b) They are sill leery of him.
(c) They worry about him.
(d) They are envious of how well he is aging.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Sunday papers includes comical drawings of Benjamin with what part of his body attached to various animal body parts and a piece of brass?

3. What does Mr. Button NOT bring home for Benjamin in Chapter III?

4. Before he hurries out of the hospital, for what does Mr. Button's son ask?

5. What happens to Benjamin during the charge up San Juan Hill?

(see the answer key)

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