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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Mr. Button's first name?
(a) Roger.
(b) Robert.
(c) William.
(d) George.

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

5. Does Mr. Hart believe that Benjamin is 18?
(a) Yes, but only after a great deal of exlanation.
(b) Yes, instantly.
(c) No, not at all.
(d) No, not at first.

6. 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 he is unsure, as he was not there when the baby was born.
(c) He tells him that the birth ended in tragedy.
(d) He tells him they are doing just fine.

7. What does Mr. Button do to try to fix his son's appearance after putting him in the new suit?
(a) He covers his head with a hat.
(b) He hastily cuts off his long beard.
(c) He dyes his hair.
(d) He makes his son wear a mask.

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

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

10. How does Mr. Button feel when the nurse confirms the bearded man is his son?
(a) He begins to laugh.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is in shock.
(d) He is unconcerned.

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

12. What happens when Benjamin's father sends him to Yale to take his entrance exams?
(a) He grows much younger.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He passes and joins the freshman class.
(d) He fails miserably.

13. What do other students do to Benjamin, because they believe he is an old man passing as a young college student?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They cheer him on.
(c) They fire insults at him as he heads to the train.
(d) They throw rocks at him.

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

15. At the age of five, what is Benjamin forced to do?
(a) Move into a home for the aging.
(b) Leave home.
(c) Have a surgery.
(d) Attend kindergarten.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter I, the narrator states how unusual it is for a baby to be born in 1860 where?

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

4. How does the narrator describe Benjamin's height?

5. In Chapter IV, the narrator states that not much of significance happens between which of Benjamin’s birthdays?

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