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

2. How does Benjamin get to Camp Mosby in South Carolina?
(a) He has a friend drive him in his automobile.
(b) He takes a bus.
(c) He takes a train.
(d) He hitchhikes.

3. Where do the Buttons live?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Philadelphia.

4. Around what age does Benjamin first notice he has grown younger?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

5. At the end of Chapter VIII, what is the only problem that Benjamin has, according to the narrator?
(a) He is losing income by not working as much.
(b) He continues to age backwards.
(c) He must be seen in public with Hildegarde, who is nearly 50.
(d) He is too busy going to parties to give his son and wife attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Benjamin's father sends him to Yale to take his entrance exams?

2. How does Mr. Button continue to try to make his elderly son act like a baby?

3. What is Dr. Keene's response when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?

4. Who becomes Benjamin’s whole world, when he is a toddler?

5. Why does Benjamin decide to attend Harvard?

(see the answer key)

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