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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do those in society who meet Benjamin react?
(a) They look at him fearfully and run away.
(b) They scream or cry out in horror.
(c) They ignore him completely.
(d) They politely compliment him and say how much he resembles his grandfather.

2. 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 has run out of hair dye.
(c) He cannot find his long pants.
(d) He forgot to shave.

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

4. At the age of five, what is Benjamin forced to do?
(a) Have a surgery.
(b) Attend kindergarten.
(c) Move into a home for the aging.
(d) Leave home.

5. Is Benjamin able to find cases like his in medical journals?
(a) No, none.
(b) Yes, a dozen cases in the same hospital.
(c) Yes, only one other case.
(d) Yes, a few cases many years ago.

6. Where does Mr. Button run into Dr. Keene?
(a) On a trolley.
(b) Around the corner from his home.
(c) Just outside the hospital.
(d) In a pub.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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) In a hospital.
(d) A bedroom.

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

14. How does Mr. Button's son react to the suit his father has purchased for him?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He is satisfied.
(c) He gives no reaction.
(d) He is not pleased.

15. How does Mr. Button feel when he sees the fancy suit on display?
(a) He is embarassed.
(b) He is at his wits' end.
(c) He is filled with dread.
(d) He cheers up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mr. Button been known as in college?

2. When Mr. Button approaches the nurse at the front desk and mentions his name, how does she react?

3. What does Dr. Keane turn away and mutter to himself?

4. How does Benjamin manage to get to the train safely?

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

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