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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the whole of society, including the General, feel about Hildegarde marrying a man of 50?
(a) Such a loss.
(b) So interesting.
(c) Quite appropriate.
(d) Such a good match.

2. What does Benjamin do when Hildegarde assumes he is his father's brother?
(a) He becomes very nervous.
(b) He laughs at her.
(c) He does not correct her.
(d) He corrects her.

3. How many dances do Benjamin and Hildegarde share?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) Their entire dance cards.
(d) 10.

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

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

6. Why is the Button wholesale business so successful?
(a) Mostly due to Roger's efforts.
(b) Mostly due to Hildegarde's efforts.
(c) Mostly due to Roscoe's efforts.
(d) Mostly due to Benjamin's efforts.

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

8. Fifteen years after their marriage, how does high society now feel about the Benjamin Buttons?
(a) They still make fun of him.
(b) They still believe the marriage was a bad idea.
(c) They still do not trust him.
(d) They finally accept the couple.

9. in Chapter VIII, after returning downstairs from seeing himself in the mirror, how does Hildegarde seem?
(a) Worried.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Annoyed.

10. Upon pulling up behind another carriage, how does Benjamin react?
(a) His heart beats faster and his face flushes
(b) He quickly becomes annoyed.
(c) He is bored and not interested in attending the dance.
(d) He is very nervous.

11. What does Benjamin wish, regarding himself, upon meeting and speaking with Hildegarde?
(a) That he was actually 50 years old.
(b) That he could tell Hildegarde the truth.
(c) That he had not met Hildegarde.
(d) That Hildegarde could like men, and him, at any age.

12. How do others feel about Benjamin in the 1890s?
(a) They have no feelings towards him and ignore him.
(b) They worry about him.
(c) They are sill leery of him.
(d) They are envious of how well he is aging.

13. What is the relationship between Benjamin and his father by Chapter V?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Very loving.
(d) Uncomfortable.

14. Why is it not made known that Hildegarde Moncrief is engaged to Benjamin Button?
(a) Her father would rather die than announce the engagement.
(b) Her father is too busy with business to announce it.
(c) Benjamin's father would prefer not to have it announced.
(d) Society finds out before her father is able to announce it.

15. When Benjamin mentions the word "love," what does his father think he said?
(a) Lug.
(b) Low.
(c) Life.
(d) Lid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjamin request of his father, regarding Hildegarde?

2. What is the reason Benjamin joins the army?

3. What does Benjamin begin to do at the beginning of Chapter V?

4. What had Benjamin hoped about his peculiar aging process?

5. What happens to Benjamin during the charge up San Juan Hill?

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