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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. How does Mr. Button continue to try to make his elderly son act like a baby?
(a) By forcing him to sit on his lap in a rocking chair.
(b) By forcing him to say, "Goo goo gah gah."
(c) By forcing him to listen to his father sing nursery rhymes.
(d) By forcing him to play with rattles and drink milk.

2. At the age of five, what is Benjamin forced to do?
(a) Move into a home for the aging.
(b) Attend kindergarten.
(c) Leave home.
(d) Have a surgery.

3. Who starts to follow Benjamin on his way to the train station after Mr. Hart threw him out?
(a) A pack of wolves.
(b) A mob of students and other community members.
(c) College professors.
(d) Small children.

4. Why is the clerk surprised at the suit Mr. Button chooses for his son?
(a) It is meant for a small child, not a baby.
(b) It looks entirely too small.
(c) It is quite homely for such a wealthy man.
(d) It is very fancy and not appropriate for a young boy.

5. What does Mr. Button ask Dr. Keene, when he sees that Dr. Keene looks worried?
(a) If the baby survived.
(b) If his wife had triplets.
(c) If his wife survived.
(d) If the baby was a girl instead of a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Button becomes concerned that something terrible has happened during the delivery of his child, how does he approach the hospital?

2. What is Benjamin's dilemma when he is to meet with the college registrar, Mr. Hart?

3. Before he hurries out of the hospital, for what does Mr. Button's son ask?

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

5. What does Mr. Button say, in Chapter II, he will call his son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Benjamin breaking something every day?

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

3. What is known about the Button family based on Chapter 1?

4. What suit does Mr. Button choose for his son? What do others think of this suit?

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

6. How does Benjamin’s grandfather’s attitude change towards his grandson?

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

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

9. What takes place when Benjamin is placed in kindergarten?

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

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