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

2. How old is Benjamin in Chapter V?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

3. How old is Benjamin and Hildegarde's son, Roscoe in Chapter VII?
(a) He is 14.
(b) He is 21.
(c) He is 10.
(d) He is 12.

4. When Mr. Button is telling Benjamin who controls the future, to whom is he referring?
(a) His father.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Himself.
(d) His unborn grandchildren.

5. What does Benjamin realize when he sees himself in his bedroom mirror after returning from war?
(a) He looks slightly younger.
(b) He is growing older.
(c) He now looks 30.
(d) He has hardly aged.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Benjamin able to enter the army as a captain?

2. What does Hildegarde NOT think about the way Benjamin is aging?

3. What does Benjamin do when Hildegarde assumes he is his father's brother?

4. What is the problem with men who are in their 60s, according to Hildegarde?

5. What is the relationship between Benjamin and his father by Chapter V?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Hildegard think about the odd way in which Benjamin ages?

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

6. What attracts Hildegarde to Benjamin?

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

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

9. How does Benjamin continue to grow younger, both physical and mentally in Chapter 8?

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

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