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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?
(a) At home.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) A barn.
(d) A bedroom.

2. Why does Mr. Hart throw Benjamin out of the college and out of the town?
(a) He considers him a dangerous lunatic.
(b) He thinks Benjamin is not intelligent enough to be at Yale.
(c) He does not like Mr. Button, therefore he does not want Benjamin there.
(d) Benjamin becomes violent.

3. Why does Benjamin regularly break items around the house?
(a) He is very clumsy.
(b) To make his father happy.
(c) To get attention.
(d) To get on his father's nerves.

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

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

6. How does Mr. Button feel when he sees the fancy suit on display?
(a) He is embarassed.
(b) He is filled with dread.
(c) He cheers up.
(d) He is at his wits' end.

7. What is Benjamin's dilemma when he is to meet with the college registrar, Mr. Hart?
(a) He has run out of hair dye.
(b) He does not know where Mr. Hart's office is.
(c) He forgot to shave.
(d) He cannot find his long pants.

8. How does Benjamin manage to get to the train safely?
(a) He is escorted by the police.
(b) He runs.
(c) He takes a shortcut.
(d) He hails a cab.

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

10. By 18, how old does Benjamin look?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

11. Why does Benjamin decide to attend Harvard?
(a) Harvard is a better school than Yale.
(b) He will get more scholarship money at Harvard.
(c) His father went to Harvard.
(d) He wants revenge on the mob and on Yale.

12. 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.

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

14. Why does Mr. Button hope the baby will be a boy?
(a) So he can send him to Yale.
(b) So he can make him his junior.
(c) So he can take over the family business.
(d) Because he prefers boys to girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Button threaten to do, if his son does not put the new suit on?

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

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

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

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