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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In all the journals, Benjamin begins to be known as what?
(a) The Curiosity.
(b) The Brute of Baltimore.
(c) The Mystery Man of Maryland.
(d) The Oddity.

2. Which of these is NOT one of the rumors spread about Benjamin?
(a) He has a very rare growth condition.
(b) He is really Roger’s father.
(c) He has two devil horns on his head.
(d) He is John Wilkes Boothe in disguise.

3. Where does the dance take place that both Mr. Button and Benjamin attend together in Chapter V?
(a) The Button home.
(b) In a ballroom in Baltimore.
(c) The Shevlins' country estate.
(d) At a country estate outside of Washington, D.C.

4. What is the problem with men who are in their 30s, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too full of stories.
(b) They are too old.
(c) They are too worldly.
(d) They are too tired and overworked.

5. Why does Benjamin decide to attend Harvard?
(a) Harvard is a better school than Yale.
(b) He wants revenge on the mob and on Yale.
(c) His father went to Harvard.
(d) He will get more scholarship money at Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Benjamin's height?

2. How does Benjamin manage to get to the train safely?

3. What do Benjamin and Hildegarde plan to do to continue their discussion?

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

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

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