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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Mr. Button ask Dr. Keene, when he sees that Dr. Keene looks worried?
(a) If his wife had triplets.
(b) If his wife survived.
(c) If the baby survived.
(d) If the baby was a girl instead of a boy.

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

5. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?
(a) Plays with toy trains.
(b) Smokes his father's cigars.
(c) Sings himself to sleep.
(d) Reads the children's books he finds in the nursery.

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter III, when Mr. Button finally gives in and lets Benjamin eat food, what does he allow?
(a) Cakes and cookies.
(b) Bread with butter and oatmeal.
(c) Crackers and cereal.
(d) Fruits and vegetables.

11. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?
(a) Elated.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Sad.

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

13. 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) 12th and 21st.
(d) 18th and 21st.

14. By 18, how old does Benjamin look?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Button do to try to fix his son's appearance after putting him in the new suit?

2. What war breaks out that is good for the Buttons?

3. How does Mr. Button’s son look in the new suit?

4. How does Mr. Button react when he sees Dr. Keene?

5. When Mr. Button becomes concerned that something terrible has happened during the delivery of his child, how does he approach the hospital?

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