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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 Dr. Keene's response when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?
(a) He tells him to go see for himself.
(b) He tells him they are doing just fine.
(c) He tells him that the birth ended in tragedy.
(d) He tells him he is unsure, as he was not there when the baby was born.

2. Why is war good for the Buttons?
(a) They can make a profit off of it.
(b) They can send Benjamin to fight in it.
(c) Mr. Button can enlist.
(d) Much of society is distracted, so they can more easily hide the fact their infant son was born an elderly man.

3. In 1860, where are most babies born?
(a) In a birthing center.
(b) At home.
(c) In a home for mothers.
(d) In a hospital.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Benjamin decide to attend Harvard?

2. Once upstairs, how does the nurse respond when Mr. Button mentions that he is Mr. Button?

3. Who gives Benjamin the idea that he should go to Harvard?

4. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?

5. Why does Benjamin regularly break items around the house?

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