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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. When Mr. Button approaches the nurse at the front desk and mentions his name, how does she react?
2. Is Benjamin able to find cases like his in medical journals?
3. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?
4. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?
5. What do other students do to Benjamin, because they believe he is an old man passing as a young college student?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads to Benjamin breaking something every day?
2. Why is it fortunate for the Buttons that the Civil War breaks out?
3. What leads Benjamin to deciding to attend Harvard?
4. What issue does Mr. Button have at the store, when going to buy clothes for his son?
5. How does Mr. Button react to seeing his son dressed in a suit?
6. What is Mr. Button’s plan for his son, at the beginning of the story the story?
7. How does the author describe Mr. Button's behavior prior to the birth of his child?
8. What is the setting of the beginning of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"?
9. What does Mr. Button do to try to make his elderly son act like a baby or small child?
10. What is Mr. Hart’s reaction to Benjamin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are unusual happenings surrounding the birth of Benjamin Button? What are they? How do others react to this? Are you surprised by their reactions? Why or why not? Would people have the same reactions today? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Why might F. Scott Fitzgerald have chosen to write this short story? What might have been his purpose in creating the character Benjamin? What do you think Fitzgerald wants the reader to get out of this book?
Essay Topic 3
Benjamin goes along with most of his father’s attempts to hide his age and to make him appear normal. What does this say about Benjamin? How does this affect him in the long term? Was this right of his father to do? Why or why not?
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