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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 say, in Chapter II, he will call his son?

2. What is Mr. Button's first name?

3. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?

4. By 18, how old does Benjamin look?

5. Is Benjamin able to find cases like his in medical journals?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mr. Button react to seeing his son dressed in a suit?

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

5. How does Mr. Button respond when his son does not like the clothes he has bought him?

6. What leads to Benjamin breaking something every day?

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

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

9. How does the author describe Mr. Button's behavior prior to the birth of his child?

10. What is the reaction of others upon learning there is a man who appears to be an older gentleman trying to pass as an 18-year-old boy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mr. Button realizes his son is born an old man, how does he react? About what is he concerned? What does this reveal about him? How does he handle this new life with an unusual child? How does all this affect Benjamin?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Although Benjamin dies as an infant, what are the similarities between old age and infancy that are brought up in this book? What does this book say about the care of the elderly? What does Benjamin's life reveal about the end of one's life?

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