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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benjamin request of his father, now that he sees he is growing younger?
(a) A new hair style.
(b) Different hair dye.
(c) Long pants.
(d) A beard.

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

3. When asked again how old his son is, what is Mr. Button's reply?
(a) 6 days old.
(b) 6 hours old.
(c) 16.
(d) 6 years old.

4. What does Mr. Button see upon entering the crying-room?
(a) A young man.
(b) An old man with a beard.
(c) A small baby boy.
(d) Triplets.

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

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

7. Once upstairs, how does the nurse respond when Mr. Button mentions that he is Mr. Button?
(a) She faints.
(b) She is silent and in shock.
(c) She begins to cry.
(d) She chides him for what he has done to the hospital’s reputation.

8. What war breaks out that is good for the Buttons?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The French and Indian War.
(d) World War II.

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

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

11. What is Benjamin's dilemma when he is to meet with the college registrar, Mr. Hart?
(a) He does not know where Mr. Hart's office is.
(b) He cannot find his long pants.
(c) He forgot to shave.
(d) He has run out of hair dye.

12. What does Mr. Button do to try to fix his son's appearance after putting him in the new suit?
(a) He makes his son wear a mask.
(b) He hastily cuts off his long beard.
(c) He dyes his hair.
(d) He covers his head with a hat.

13. How does Mr. Button’s son look in the new suit?
(a) Much younger.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Wealthy.

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

15. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?
(a) 5th and 12.
(b) 8th and 10th.
(c) 18th and 21st.
(d) 12th and 21st.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Keene's response when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?

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

3. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?

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

5. How does the narrator describe Benjamin's height?

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