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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?
(a) A bedroom.
(b) At home.
(c) A barn.
(d) In a hospital.

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

4. Who gives Benjamin the idea that he should go to Harvard?
(a) Mr. Button.
(b) Mr. Hart.
(c) A member of the mob.
(d) One of his instructors.

5. What does Mr. Button say, in Chapter II, he will call his son?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Noah.
(d) Methuselah.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mr. Button dressed the day his wife gives birth?

2. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?

3. How does Mr. Button's son react to the suit his father has purchased for him?

4. What is Benjamin's dilemma when he is to meet with the college registrar, Mr. Hart?

5. Where does Mr. Button run into Dr. Keene?

(see the answer key)

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