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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Button threaten to do, if his son does not put the new suit on?
(a) Spank him.
(b) Leave him at the hospital.
(c) Leave him at a home for the aging.
(d) Drop him off at an orphanage.

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

3. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?
(a) Smokes his father's cigars.
(b) Plays with toy trains.
(c) Reads the children's books he finds in the nursery.
(d) Sings himself to sleep.

4. Why does Benjamin's kindergarten teacher want him out of her class?
(a) He is a troublemaker.
(b) He regularly drifts off to sleep.
(c) He reeks of cigar smoke.
(d) He is learning nothing and distracts the other children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Button assume has happened, regarding his child and what he sees in the crying-room?

2. How does Mr. Button's son react to the suit his father has purchased for him?

3. How does Mr. Button feel when he sees the fancy suit on display?

4. In Chapter II, how old does Mr. Button initially tell the store clerk his son is?

5. Who gives Benjamin the idea that he should go to Harvard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Button respond when his son does not like the clothes he has bought him?

2. What issue does Mr. Button have at the store, when going to buy clothes for his son?

3. Why is it fortunate for the Buttons that the Civil War breaks out?

4. What is unusual about the birth of the Button’s son?

5. Why does Mr. Button have difficulty buying his newborn son a suit?

6. What dilemma arises when Benjamin is the meet his the Yale registrar, Mr. Hart?

7. What is the reaction of others upon learning there is a man who appears to be an older gentleman trying to pass as an 18-year-old boy?

8. How has Benjamin’s appearance changed by age 18?

9. What would Benjamin rather do than play the part of a baby or small child?

10. How does Mr. Button react to seeing his son dressed in a suit?

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