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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Benjamin manage to get to the train safely?
(a) He runs.
(b) He is escorted by the police.
(c) He takes a shortcut.
(d) He hails a cab.

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

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

7. What is the socioeconomic status of the Mr. Button and his family?
(a) Poor.
(b) Working class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Middle class.

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

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

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

11. Why does Mr. Hart throw Benjamin out of the college and out of the town?
(a) He thinks Benjamin is not intelligent enough to be at Yale.
(b) He does not like Mr. Button, therefore he does not want Benjamin there.
(c) He considers him a dangerous lunatic.
(d) Benjamin becomes violent.

12. What had Mr. Button been known as in college?
(a) Cuff.
(b) Rog.
(c) Ruff.
(d) Bob.

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

14. How does Mr. Button continue to try to make his elderly son act like a baby?
(a) By forcing him to say, "Goo goo gah gah."
(b) By forcing him to listen to his father sing nursery rhymes.
(c) By forcing him to sit on his lap in a rocking chair.
(d) By forcing him to play with rattles and drink milk.

15. What does Mr. Button NOT bring home for Benjamin in Chapter III?
(a) Activities for grown men.
(b) Toy soldiers.
(c) Stuffed animals.
(d) Toy trains.

Short Answer Questions

1. When asked again how old his son is, what is Mr. Button's reply?

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

3. Where do the Buttons live?

4. What does the nurse suggest that Mr. Button do, so he can take his son home?

5. Who is convinced that Benjamin is a young boy?

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