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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?
(a) Dr. Keene is done with Mr. Button and his family and never wants to see them again.
(b) Mr. Button's son was born an old man.
(c) Dr. Keene could not save Mrs. Button.
(d) The baby should be left at an orphanage.

2. Why is Mr. Button in a panic about taking his son home from the hospital?
(a) He does not know how he can walk through the streets and introduce this old man as his newborn son.
(b) He is not sure what to feed him.
(c) He has never held a newborn baby before.
(d) He has nowhere for him to sleep.

3. 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) Benjamin becomes violent.
(c) He considers him a dangerous lunatic.
(d) He does not like Mr. Button, therefore he does not want Benjamin there.

4. in Chapter VIII, after returning downstairs from seeing himself in the mirror, how does Hildegarde seem?
(a) Worried.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Annoyed.

5. What is the downside of all of Benjamin's social commitments?
(a) They are sending him into poverty.
(b) They are destroying his relationship with his son.
(c) They put a toll on his success at work.
(d) They put a toll on him physically.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do others feel about Benjamin in the 1890s?

2. Around what age does Benjamin first notice he has grown younger?

3. What is Mr. Button's first name?

4. When does Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails happen?

5. In Chapter VIII, how does society at this time feel about Benjamin?

(see the answer key)

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