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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?
(a) Reads the children's books he finds in the nursery.
(b) Sings himself to sleep.
(c) Smokes his father's cigars.
(d) Plays with toy trains.

2. What does Benjamin request of his father, now that he sees he is growing younger?
(a) A beard.
(b) A new hair style.
(c) Different hair dye.
(d) Long pants.

3. What is the socioeconomic status of the Mr. Button and his family?
(a) Poor.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Middle class.
(d) Working class.

4. Why do Benjamin and his grandfather become great friends?
(a) They both like cigars.
(b) They each have no one else to talk to.
(c) They enjoy discussing the events of the day.
(d) They both know a great deal about history.

5. How does Mr. Button feel when the nurse confirms the bearded man is his son?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is in shock.
(c) He is unconcerned.
(d) He begins to laugh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the age of five, what is Benjamin forced to do?

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

4. When asked again how old his son is, what is Mr. Button's reply?

5. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?

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