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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 had Benjamin hoped about his peculiar aging process?
(a) It would right itself once he looked the age he was.
(b) It would slow down.
(c) It would continue.
(d) It would speed up.

2. How long does it take society to remember the events surrounding Benjamin’s birth and wild rumors began to fly,
(a) No time at all.
(b) A long time.
(c) A little time.
(d) They never remember the events surrounding Benjamin's birth.

3. How do others feel about Benjamin in the 1890s?
(a) They worry about him.
(b) They are envious of how well he is aging.
(c) They have no feelings towards him and ignore him.
(d) They are sill leery of him.

4. How many nails does Benjamin's plan save the Button wholesale company?
(a) Over 60 nails per year.
(b) Over 6,000 nails per year.
(c) Over 600 nails per year.
(d) Nearly 600 nails per year.

5. How does Benjamin feel while waiting to meet Hildegarde?
(a) He quickly forgets all about her.
(b) The young men stand no chance against him.
(c) It is taking forever.
(d) Things are happening too quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the general try to convince Hildegarde that she should not marry Benjamin?

2. What is the problem with men who are 25, according to Hildegarde?

3. What other leadership roles, besides captain, does Benjamin hold by the end of the war?

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

5. When Mr. Button is telling Benjamin who controls the future, to whom is he referring?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Benjamin think about the Spanish-American War?

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

6. What solidifies the attraction between Hildegarde and Benjamin?

7. What is significant about Benjamin turning 20?

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

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

10. How has Hildegarde changed over the years by Chapter 8?

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