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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 Benjamin request of his father, regarding Hildegarde?
(a) An introduction.
(b) A letter of recommendation.
(c) A phone call.
(d) A dance card.

2. What is Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails?
(a) Nails for shipping should be replaced with screws.
(b) All nails used in nailing boxes that are to be shipped to be the property of the shipee.
(c) Less nails need to be used on the lids of shipped containers.
(d) Stronger, mass-produced nails will be more cost-effective.

3. What other leadership roles, besides captain, does Benjamin hold by the end of the war?
(a) Colonel and brigadier general.
(b) Lieutenant-colonel and colonel.
(c) Major and lieutenant-colonel.
(d) Brigadier general and general.

4. When does Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails happen?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1900.

5. What does Benjamin begin to do at the beginning of Chapter V?
(a) Attend social gatherings and work for his father.
(b) Apply to Yale.
(c) Have a son.
(d) Get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. In all the journals, Benjamin begins to be known as what?

2. At the end of Chapter VIII, what is the only problem that Benjamin has, according to the narrator?

3. What does Benjamin realize when he sees himself in his bedroom mirror after returning from war?

4. When did the Spanish-American War break out?

5. In Chapter VIII, how does society at this time feel about Benjamin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Benjamin end up back home from the Spanish-American War?

2. Why is the truth about Benjamin’s birth not circulated as much as the wild rumors?

3. What are two of the rumors being spread around society about Benjamin after his engagement to Hildegarde?

4. What had Benjamin hoped would happen regarding his reverse agin?

5. How does Benjamin respond to seeing Hildegarde after three years away at war? Why?

6. How does General Moncrief try to convince Hildegarde that she is making a mistake marrying Benjamin?

7. How are Hildegarde’s friends wrong about their marriage?

8. What is Benjamin’s reaction to seeing his reflection, upon returning from the war?

9. What are the thoughts of both Roger and Benjamin on their ride home after the dance at the Shevlin estate?

10. Fifteen years after their marriage, how do others feel about the Benjamin Button family?

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