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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 do Benjamin and Hildegarde plan to do to continue their discussion?
(a) Attend church together on Sunday.
(b) Meet for tea the following week.
(c) Go for a walk the next day.
(d) Go for a drive the following Sunday.

2. In Chapter VIII, how does society at this time feel about Benjamin?
(a) They enjoy poking fun at him.
(b) They feel sorry for him that he is tied to an older woman.
(c) They feel that he is an oddity and is dangerous.
(d) They have no feelings one way or another about him.

3. What creates a permanent rift between Benjamin and Hildegarde?
(a) She thinks Benjamin should undergo surgery to look older.
(b) She is afraid of him, now that she realizes his aging condition is real.
(c) She is in love with another man.
(d) She believes he is choosing to age backwards.

4. Much of Benjamin’s life had improved over the years, except what?
(a) He is not as wealthy as he would like to be.
(b) He is no longer attracted to his wife.
(c) He is not as close to his father as he once was.
(d) He does not have a strong bond with his son.

5. What is the problem with men who are in their 30s, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too full of stories.
(b) They are too old.
(c) They are too worldly.
(d) They are too tired and overworked.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Fifteen years after their marriage, how does high society now feel about the Benjamin Buttons?

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

4. How does Benjamin feel while waiting to meet Hildegarde?

5. In Chapter VIII, how does Hildegarde welcome Benjamin home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Benjamin save his business over 600 nails per year?

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

3. How is Benjamin drawn in the Sunday papers?

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

5. What solidifies the attraction between Hildegarde and Benjamin?

6. How have Benjamin’s feelings about aging changed since his return from the war?

7. What attracts Hildegarde to Benjamin?

8. What does Roger do to try to prove that his son is actually a young man?

9. How does Hildegarde’s father feel about her engagement to Benjamin Button? Why?

10. What is significant about Benjamin turning 20?

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