View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Benjamin feel about returning home after the war?
(a) He is reluctant.
(b) He is nervous.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is content.

2. What is the downside of all of Benjamin's social commitments?
(a) They put a toll on his success at work.
(b) They put a toll on him physically.
(c) They are destroying his relationship with his son.
(d) They are sending him into poverty.

3. When did the Spanish-American War break out?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1897.

4. What had Benjamin hoped about his peculiar aging process?
(a) It would speed up.
(b) It would continue.
(c) It would right itself once he looked the age he was.
(d) It would slow down.

5. The Sunday papers includes comical drawings of Benjamin with what part of his body attached to various animal body parts and a piece of brass?
(a) His torso.
(b) His head.
(c) His legs.
(d) His arms.

6. Why is Benjamin unable to focus on his father's conversation on the way back home?
(a) He wants to discuss the business connections he made at the dance.
(b) He is not able take his mind off the lovely Hildegarde.
(c) He wants to focus on business for the next day.
(d) He is considering applying to Harvard.

7. What is the problem with men who are 25, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too full of stories.
(b) They are too tired and overworked.
(c) They are too old.
(d) They are too worldly.

8. What makes Benjamin and Hildegarde want to see each other again after meeting?
(a) They find each other to be very intelligent.
(b) They hit it off and agree on many of the topics they discussed.
(c) They are both in a hurry to marry.
(d) They love the same type of music.

9. How is Benjamin received at home upon returning from war?
(a) As an oddity.
(b) As an ordinary citizen.
(c) As a hero.
(d) As a stranger.

10. Who is Hildegarde Moncrief?
(a) The cousin of the Shevlins.
(b) The daughter of General Moncrief.
(c) A beautiful young orphan.
(d) A young widow.

11. In Chapter VI, how many months later is it?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

12. How long does it take society to remember the events surrounding Benjamin’s birth and wild rumors began to fly,
(a) No time at all.
(b) A little time.
(c) They never remember the events surrounding Benjamin's birth.
(d) A long time.

13. What does Benjamin begin to do at the beginning of Chapter V?
(a) Attend social gatherings and work for his father.
(b) Apply to Yale.
(c) Get married.
(d) Have a son.

14. What is Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails?
(a) Stronger, mass-produced nails will be more cost-effective.
(b) Nails for shipping should be replaced with screws.
(c) Less nails need to be used on the lids of shipped containers.
(d) All nails used in nailing boxes that are to be shipped to be the property of the shipee.

15. Why does Benjamin have an unusual and new reaction when arriving at the dance in Chapter V?
(a) He has been to very few dances.
(b) He would rather be at home with his mother.
(c) He sees a beautiful young woman descend from the carriage with her family.
(d) He is not used to having to wait.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the truth about Benjamin's birth not spread as quickly as the rumors?

2. Who escorts Benjamin home from the train station after returning from war?

3. How had Benjamin once thought about his wife?

4. How do others feel about Benjamin in the 1890s?

5. In Chapter VIII, how does Hildegarde welcome Benjamin home?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 675 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample