View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Benjamin have an unusual and new reaction when arriving at the dance in Chapter V?
(a) He would rather be at home with his mother.
(b) He has been to very few dances.
(c) He sees a beautiful young woman descend from the carriage with her family.
(d) He is not used to having to wait.

3. How is Benjamin received at home upon returning from war?
(a) As a stranger.
(b) As a hero.
(c) As an ordinary citizen.
(d) As an oddity.

4. How has Hildegarde’s personality grown old?
(a) The woman who once dragged Benjamin to parties and dances now wants to stay home.
(b) She is often absent-minded.
(c) She has become easily irritated and negative.
(d) The woman who once never thought about anyone else spends her days gossiping about all her neighbors.

5. When Benjamin mentions the word "love," what does his father think he said?
(a) Low.
(b) Life.
(c) Lid.
(d) Lug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escorts Benjamin home from the train station after returning from war?

2. in Chapter VIII, after returning downstairs from seeing himself in the mirror, how does Hildegarde seem?

3. When does Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails happen?

4. Upon pulling up behind another carriage, how does Benjamin react?

5. Benjamin is the first man in Baltimore to own what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about Benjamin turning 20?

3. What solidifies the attraction between Hildegarde and Benjamin?

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

5. What attracts Hildegarde to Benjamin?

6. How is Benjamin drawn in the Sunday papers?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 753 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample