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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. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?
(a) 5th and 12.
(b) 18th and 21st.
(c) 8th and 10th.
(d) 12th and 21st.

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

3. Why does Benjamin regularly break items around the house?
(a) To make his father happy.
(b) To get on his father's nerves.
(c) To get attention.
(d) He is very clumsy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Benjamin's kindergarten teacher want him out of her class?

3. When asked again how old his son is, what is Mr. Button's reply?

4. Why does Mr. Button hope the baby will be a boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of the beginning of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"?

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

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

4. What is the reaction the hospital staff regarding the birth the the Button's son?

5. How does Dr. Keane treat Mr. Button?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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