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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Button assume has happened, regarding his child and what he sees in the crying-room?
(a) A prank has been played on him.
(b) The nurse is confused.
(c) His child has been accidentally switched with someone else's.
(d) He is having a nightmare.

2. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?
(a) Dr. Keene could not save Mrs. Button.
(b) Mr. Button's son was born an old man.
(c) Dr. Keene is done with Mr. Button and his family and never wants to see them again.
(d) The baby should be left at an orphanage.

3. Around what age does Benjamin first notice he has grown younger?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. Why is Benjamin's father a bit uncertain about his son's request?
(a) Most boys do not wear long pants until age 14.
(b) Mr. Button likes Benjamin's current hair style.
(c) There are no other shades of hair dye.
(d) A beard would make Benjamin look entirely too old.

5. How does Mr. Button react when Benjamin accidentally breaks a window in the kitchen playing with a sling shot?
(a) He is very concerned.
(b) He is very surprised.
(c) He is very pleased.
(d) He is very disappointed.

6. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?
(a) At home.
(b) A barn.
(c) A bedroom.
(d) In a hospital.

7. When does Mr. Button need to take his son home from the hospital?
(a) Never.
(b) Within the week.
(c) Today, and as soon as possible.
(d) This very moment.

8. How is Mr. Button dressed the day his wife gives birth?
(a) Disheveled.
(b) Impeccably.
(c) In his smoking jacket.
(d) In pajamas.

9. What does Mr. Button say, in Chapter II, he will call his son?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Noah.
(d) Methuselah.

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

11. How old does Mr. Buttons' son appear to be?
(a) 7 hours.
(b) 17.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

12. What does the nurse suggest that Mr. Button do, so he can take his son home?
(a) Call a cab.
(b) Talk some sense into him.
(c) Calm him down.
(d) Go shopping for clothes for him.

13. When Mr. Button becomes concerned that something terrible has happened during the delivery of his child, how does he approach the hospital?
(a) He hails a cab to get there faster.
(b) Running at full speed.
(c) Walking quickly.
(d) With great difficulty.

14. How does the narrator describe Benjamin's height?
(a) 5'8" and stooped.
(b) Stooped and curved to the right.
(c) Tall and straight.
(d) Very short.

15. Who is convinced that Benjamin is a young boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) No one.
(c) Only the very young and old.
(d) His friends at school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Benjamin regularly break items around the house?

3. What does Mr. Button see upon entering the crying-room?

4. Who starts to follow Benjamin on his way to the train station after Mr. Hart threw him out?

5. Why is the clerk surprised at the suit Mr. Button chooses for his son?

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