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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 does Mr. Button assume has happened, regarding his child and what he sees in the crying-room?

2. Why is Mr. Button in a panic about taking his son home from the hospital?

3. What happens when Benjamin's father sends him to Yale to take his entrance exams?

4. What does Mr. Button see upon entering the crying-room?

5. How does Benjamin manage to get to the train safely?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Benjamin’s grandfather’s attitude change towards his grandson?

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

3. What leads to Benjamin breaking something every day?

4. How has Benjamin’s appearance changed by age 18?

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

6. What dilemma arises when Benjamin is the meet his the Yale registrar, Mr. Hart?

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

8. What is Mr. Button’s plan for his son, at the beginning of the story the story?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Button is hardly mentioned in the story. Why might the author have decided to leave her out of it? How does this affect the story and the characters in it? How different might the story have been if she had a more significant role?

Essay Topic 2

What does it mean to find fulfillment? Would you say that Benjamin had a fulfilling life? Why or why not? Would he say his life was fulfilling? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

It takes time but Mr. Button finally comes to term with Benjamin‘s condition. Does this change his relationship with Benjamin? Why or why not? Do the majority of the characters that Benjamin comes across get used to how he is? Why or why not?

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