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

2. What does Mr. Button NOT do to try to make his son appear younger?
(a) Cut and dye his hair.
(b) Shave off his beard.
(c) Dress him in boyish clothes.
(d) Make him wear a mask.

3. 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.

4. Who is convinced that Benjamin is a young boy?
(a) Only the very young and old.
(b) His friends at school.
(c) His mother.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Button see upon entering the crying-room?

3. What had Mr. Button been known as in college?

4. Does Mr. Hart believe that Benjamin is 18?

5. Why does Benjamin decide to attend Harvard?

(see the answer key)

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