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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Keene seem when Mr. Button asks about his wife and child?
(a) Elated.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Sad.
(d) Irritated.

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

3. What does Mr. Button see upon entering the crying-room?
(a) A small baby boy.
(b) An old man with a beard.
(c) A young man.
(d) Triplets.

4. Why does Benjamin's kindergarten teacher want him out of her class?
(a) He is a troublemaker.
(b) He is learning nothing and distracts the other children.
(c) He regularly drifts off to sleep.
(d) He reeks of cigar smoke.

5. How does Mr. Button’s son look in the new suit?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Much younger.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Ridiculous.

6. In Chapter III, when Mr. Button finally gives in and lets Benjamin eat food, what does he allow?
(a) Bread with butter and oatmeal.
(b) Fruits and vegetables.
(c) Cakes and cookies.
(d) Crackers and cereal.

7. Instead of playing with the items his father brings home, what does Benjamin do?
(a) He writes telegraph messages to his grandfather.
(b) He reads his mother's magazines.
(c) He reads the encyclopedia.
(d) He calls his friends on the telephone.

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

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

10. Where does Mr. Button run into Dr. Keene?
(a) In a pub.
(b) Just outside the hospital.
(c) Around the corner from his home.
(d) On a trolley.

11. What does Dr. Keane tell Mr. Button that shocks Mr. Button?
(a) Dr. Keene could not save Mrs. Button.
(b) Dr. Keene is done with Mr. Button and his family and never wants to see them again.
(c) Mr. Button's son was born an old man.
(d) The baby should be left at an orphanage.

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

13. What had Mr. Button been known as in college?
(a) Ruff.
(b) Bob.
(c) Cuff.
(d) Rog.

14. As Benjamin boards the train leaving Yale, what does he shout out the window?
(a) Nothing, as he cowers in his seat.
(b) Nay, nay, nay, na boo boo!
(c) Expletives.
(d) The mob and Yale will regret what they have said and done to him.

15. When asked again how old his son is, what is Mr. Button's reply?
(a) 16.
(b) 6 days old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 6 hours old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Button do to try to fix his son's appearance after putting him in the new suit?

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

3. Who is convinced that Benjamin is a young boy?

4. When Mr. Button becomes concerned that something terrible has happened during the delivery of his child, how does he approach the hospital?

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

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