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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 I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?
(a) A barn.
(b) A bedroom.
(c) At home.
(d) In a hospital.

2. When does Mr. Button need to take his son home from the hospital?
(a) Today, and as soon as possible.
(b) Never.
(c) Within the week.
(d) This very moment.

3. What does Benjamin NOT promise to continue doing, to get from his father what he has requested?
(a) Pretending to be his age.
(b) Dying his hair.
(c) Enlist in the army.
(d) Playing with boys his age.

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) He hails a cab to get there faster.
(d) With great difficulty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjamin request of his father, now that he sees he is growing younger?

2. When they first meet in the hospital crying room, what does Mr. Button's son threaten to do?

3. How does Mr. Button’s son look in the new suit?

4. Why is Benjamin's father a bit uncertain about his son's request?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mr. Button’s plan for his son, at the beginning of the story the story?

2. What does Mr. Button have Benjamin do at age 18?

3. 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?

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

5. What leads Benjamin to deciding to attend Harvard?

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

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

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

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

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

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