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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Button threaten to do, if his son does not put the new suit on?
(a) Leave him at a home for the aging.
(b) Spank him.
(c) Drop him off at an orphanage.
(d) Leave him at the hospital.

2. Who starts to follow Benjamin on his way to the train station after Mr. Hart threw him out?
(a) College professors.
(b) A pack of wolves.
(c) A mob of students and other community members.
(d) Small children.

3. What does Benjamin wish, regarding himself, upon meeting and speaking with Hildegarde?
(a) That he was actually 50 years old.
(b) That he could tell Hildegarde the truth.
(c) That he had not met Hildegarde.
(d) That Hildegarde could like men, and him, at any age.

4. How does Benjamin feel while waiting to meet Hildegarde?
(a) Things are happening too quickly.
(b) He quickly forgets all about her.
(c) The young men stand no chance against him.
(d) It is taking forever.

5. Why is Benjamin's father a bit uncertain about his son's request?
(a) Most boys do not wear long pants until age 14.
(b) There are no other shades of hair dye.
(c) A beard would make Benjamin look entirely too old.
(d) Mr. Button likes Benjamin's current hair style.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose hands does Mr. Button say the the future is?

2. When Mr. Button becomes concerned that something terrible has happened during the delivery of his child, how does he approach the hospital?

3. Once upstairs, how does the nurse respond when Mr. Button mentions that he is Mr. Button?

4. How does Mr. Button’s son look in the new suit?

5. As Benjamin boards the train leaving Yale, what does he shout out the window?

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