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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Mr. Button's first name?
(a) George.
(b) Roger.
(c) Robert.
(d) William.

3. What is the relationship between Benjamin and his father by Chapter V?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Very loving.
(d) Uncomfortable.

4. Why does Mr. Hart throw Benjamin out of the college and out of the town?
(a) He thinks Benjamin is not intelligent enough to be at Yale.
(b) He does not like Mr. Button, therefore he does not want Benjamin there.
(c) He considers him a dangerous lunatic.
(d) Benjamin becomes violent.

5. Why does Mr. Button hope the baby will be a boy?
(a) Because he prefers boys to girls.
(b) So he can take over the family business.
(c) So he can make him his junior.
(d) So he can send him to Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the socioeconomic status of the Mr. Button and his family?

2. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?

3. How does Mr. Button feel when the nurse confirms the bearded man is his son?

4. Upon pulling up behind another carriage, how does Benjamin react?

5. What had Mr. Button been known as in college?

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