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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the socioeconomic status of the Mr. Button and his family?

2. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?

3. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?

4. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?

5. Where does Mr. Button run into Dr. Keene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Benjamin breaking something every day?

2. What is Mr. Hart’s reaction to Benjamin?

3. What does Mr. Button have Benjamin do at age 18?

4. What would Benjamin rather do than play the part of a baby or small child?

5. What does Mr. Button do to try to convince others that his son is younger than he looks? Are these disguises convincing?

6. What is known about the Button family based on Chapter 1?

7. What does Mr. Button do to try to make his elderly son act like a baby or small child?

8. What is unusual about the birth of the Button’s son?

9. What issue does Mr. Button have at the store, when going to buy clothes for his son?

10. What is the reaction the hospital staff regarding the birth the the Button's son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Benjamin starts off in the story as compliant and obedient. How does Benjamin grow to be more assertive throughout the story? How does he also stay sensitive? What role does Benjamin‘s personality play in the plot of the story? Does it play significant role? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Even during the happy times in Benjamin’s life, there are events that could drag him down. What are some of these events that could disrupt his happiness? Why do they occur? How does Benjamin react to them? What does this say about him?

Essay Topic 3

Benjamin and Hildegarde’s marriage slowly dies. What leads to the death of their marriage? Although Benjamin’s growing younger is atypical, how is the growing of a couple in different ways also sometimes lead to estrangement and separation similar to what happens between Benjamin and Hildegarde? How does the end of their relationship reflect what is happening more often in the world of F. Scott Fitzgerald?

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