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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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 was a girl instead of a boy.
(d) If the baby survived.

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the clerk surprised at the suit Mr. Button chooses for his son?
(a) It looks entirely too small.
(b) It is very fancy and not appropriate for a young boy.
(c) It is quite homely for such a wealthy man.
(d) It is meant for a small child, not a baby.

8. Where do the Buttons live?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) New York City.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

9. Why is Mr. Button in a panic about taking his son home from the hospital?
(a) He does not know how he can walk through the streets and introduce this old man as his newborn son.
(b) He is not sure what to feed him.
(c) He has nowhere for him to sleep.
(d) He has never held a newborn baby before.

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

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

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

13. How does Mr. Button feel when the nurse confirms the bearded man is his son?
(a) He is in shock.
(b) He begins to laugh.
(c) He is unconcerned.
(d) He is angry.

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

15. What is Mr. Button's first name?
(a) George.
(b) Roger.
(c) Robert.
(d) William.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjamin NOT promise to continue doing, to get from his father what he has requested?

2. When does Mr. Button need to take his son home from the hospital?

3. Why does Mr. Button hope the baby will be a boy?

4. What does Mr. Button threaten to do, if his son does not put the new suit on?

5. How does Mr. Button continue to try to make his elderly son act like a baby?

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