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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In 1860, where are most babies born?
(a) In a hospital.
(b) In a birthing center.
(c) At home.
(d) In a home for mothers.

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

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

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

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

8. Who starts to follow Benjamin on his way to the train station after Mr. Hart threw him out?
(a) College professors.
(b) Small children.
(c) A pack of wolves.
(d) A mob of students and other community members.

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

10. 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) A beard.
(d) Long pants.

11. Before he hurries out of the hospital, for what does Mr. Button's son ask?
(a) Candy.
(b) A cigar.
(c) Milk.
(d) A cane.

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

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

14. Why is war good for the Buttons?
(a) Mr. Button can enlist.
(b) Much of society is distracted, so they can more easily hide the fact their infant son was born an elderly man.
(c) They can send Benjamin to fight in it.
(d) They can make a profit off of it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?

2. When they first meet in the hospital crying room, what does Mr. Button's son threaten to do?

3. Why is Mr. Button in a panic about taking his son home from the hospital?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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