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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter II, how old does Mr. Button initially tell the store clerk his son is?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 6 days old.
(c) 6 hours old.
(d) 16.

2. What does Mr. Button ask Dr. Keene, when he sees that Dr. Keene looks worried?
(a) If the baby was a girl instead of a boy.
(b) If his wife survived.
(c) If the baby survived.
(d) If his wife had triplets.

3. How is Mr. Button dressed the day his wife gives birth?
(a) Impeccably.
(b) In his smoking jacket.
(c) In pajamas.
(d) Disheveled.

4. Once upstairs, how does the nurse respond when Mr. Button mentions that he is Mr. Button?
(a) She chides him for what he has done to the hospital’s reputation.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She faints.
(d) She is silent and in shock.

5. How does Mr. Button feel about the upcoming birth of his first child?
(a) Unconcerned and blasé.
(b) Unnerved and anxiety-ridden.
(c) Nervous and excited.
(d) Annoyed and irritated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Button’s son look in the new suit?

2. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?

3. In 1860, where are most babies born?

4. What does Mr. Button assume has happened, regarding his child and what he sees in the crying-room?

5. What does Mr. Button say, in Chapter II, he will call his son?

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