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

2. Fifteen years after their marriage, how does high society now feel about the Benjamin Buttons?

3. What is Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails?

4. Have Benjamin's feelings changed towards his wife?

5. How had Benjamin once thought about his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attracts Hildegarde to Benjamin?

2. What does Benjamin think about the Spanish-American War?

3. What are the thoughts of both Roger and Benjamin on their ride home after the dance at the Shevlin estate?

4. How has Hildegarde changed over the years by Chapter 8?

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

6. What is important about the dance at the Shevlin estate?

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

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

9. Fifteen years after their marriage, how do others feel about the Benjamin Button family?

10. How is Benjamin known in all the journals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hildegarde Moncrief refuses to believe the truth about Benjamin’s odd way of growing. Why does the refuse to belief the truth? How does she react to his growing younger, once she sees this rumor is true? Would she have married him had she known he would continue to grow younger? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are varying reactions to Benjamin‘s rare condition. What are these reactions? How do they affect Benjamin? How do they make Benjamin‘s life more difficult but also make him stronger? What can the reader learn from this?

Essay Topic 3

Benjamin finally gets his revenge on Yale by attending Harvard. What is his experience at Harvard like? How does his time at Harvard start to reveal the true downside to Benjamin's condition? How does it show that the end of Benjamin's life is near?

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