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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with men who are in their 60s, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too tired and overworked.
(b) They are too worldly.
(c) They are too close to 70.
(d) They are too full of stories.

2. How is Benjamin received at home upon returning from war?
(a) As a stranger.
(b) As an oddity.
(c) As an ordinary citizen.
(d) As a hero.

3. What creates a permanent rift between Benjamin and Hildegarde?
(a) She believes he is choosing to age backwards.
(b) She is afraid of him, now that she realizes his aging condition is real.
(c) She is in love with another man.
(d) She thinks Benjamin should undergo surgery to look older.

4. What happens when Benjamin's father sends him to Yale to take his entrance exams?
(a) He passes and joins the freshman class.
(b) He grows much younger.
(c) He fails miserably.
(d) He gets lost.

5. Why does Benjamin have an unusual and new reaction when arriving at the dance in Chapter V?
(a) He would rather be at home with his mother.
(b) He is not used to having to wait.
(c) He sees a beautiful young woman descend from the carriage with her family.
(d) He has been to very few dances.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Button react when Benjamin accidentally breaks a window in the kitchen playing with a sling shot?

2. Why does the truth about Benjamin's birth not spread as quickly as the rumors?

3. What does Roger do to try to prove that Benjamin is a young man?

4. How does Benjamin feel on his ride home at dawn with his father after meeting Hildegarde?

5. Why does Benjamin regularly break items around the house?

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