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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Does Mr. Hart believe that Benjamin is 18?
(a) Yes, but only after a great deal of exlanation.
(b) No, not at all.
(c) No, not at first.
(d) Yes, instantly.

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

5. When Mr. Button becomes concerned that something terrible has happened during the delivery of his child, how does he approach the hospital?
(a) With great difficulty.
(b) Walking quickly.
(c) Running at full speed.
(d) He hails a cab to get there faster.

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

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

8. What happens when Benjamin's father sends him to Yale to take his entrance exams?
(a) He passes and joins the freshman class.
(b) He fails miserably.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He grows much younger.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. Why do Benjamin and his grandfather become great friends?
(a) They both know a great deal about history.
(b) They enjoy discussing the events of the day.
(c) They both like cigars.
(d) They each have no one else to talk to.

14. What does Mr. Button NOT do to try to make his son appear younger?
(a) Make him wear a mask.
(b) Dress him in boyish clothes.
(c) Shave off his beard.
(d) Cut and dye his hair.

15. What does Benjamin request of his father, now that he sees he is growing younger?
(a) A new hair style.
(b) Long pants.
(c) A beard.
(d) Different hair dye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Button ask Dr. Keene, when he sees that Dr. Keene looks worried?

2. Around what age does Benjamin first notice he has grown younger?

3. Who starts to follow Benjamin on his way to the train station after Mr. Hart threw him out?

4. How is Mr. Button dressed the day his wife gives birth?

5. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?

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