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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Spanish-American War breaks out, how does Benjamin feel?
(a) He is desperate to join the army.
(b) He is not interested in the war at all.
(c) He is concerned about the country going to war.
(d) He is worried about his business.

2. How many dances do Benjamin and Hildegarde share?
(a) Their entire dance cards.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 1.

3. What is the problem with men who are in their 30s, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too full of stories.
(b) They are too tired and overworked.
(c) They are too worldly.
(d) They are too old.

4. What does Benjamin request of his father, regarding Hildegarde?
(a) An introduction.
(b) A phone call.
(c) A dance card.
(d) A letter of recommendation.

5. How has Hildegarde’s personality grown old?
(a) She has become easily irritated and negative.
(b) She is often absent-minded.
(c) The woman who once dragged Benjamin to parties and dances now wants to stay home.
(d) The woman who once never thought about anyone else spends her days gossiping about all her neighbors.

6. In Chapter VI, how many months later is it?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

7. What is Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails?
(a) All nails used in nailing boxes that are to be shipped to be the property of the shipee.
(b) Stronger, mass-produced nails will be more cost-effective.
(c) Less nails need to be used on the lids of shipped containers.
(d) Nails for shipping should be replaced with screws.

8. In Chapter VII, how are Hildegard’s friends who are concerned about her marriage wrong in one way?
(a) The wholesale business was very successful.
(b) Her marriage is very successful and happy.
(c) Benjamin's growth evens out and becomes normal aging.
(d) Hildegarde does not mind her husband's condition.

9. What does Benjamin do when Hildegarde assumes he is his father's brother?
(a) He does not correct her.
(b) He becomes very nervous.
(c) He corrects her.
(d) He laughs at her.

10. Why is the Button wholesale business so successful?
(a) Mostly due to Benjamin's efforts.
(b) Mostly due to Hildegarde's efforts.
(c) Mostly due to Roger's efforts.
(d) Mostly due to Roscoe's efforts.

11. What is the problem with men who are in their 60s, according to Hildegarde?
(a) They are too close to 70.
(b) They are too full of stories.
(c) They are too tired and overworked.
(d) They are too worldly.

12. Where does the dance take place that both Mr. Button and Benjamin attend together in Chapter V?
(a) The Button home.
(b) In a ballroom in Baltimore.
(c) The Shevlins' country estate.
(d) At a country estate outside of Washington, D.C.

13. How does Benjamin feel about returning home after the war?
(a) He is nervous.
(b) He is content.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is reluctant.

14. in Chapter VIII, after returning downstairs from seeing himself in the mirror, how does Hildegarde seem?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Worried.
(d) Happy.

15. From where has Roscoe recently graduated in Chapter VIII?
(a) Carnegie-Mellon.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roger do to try to prove that Benjamin is a young man?

2. What is the problem with men who are 25, according to Hildegarde?

3. How does Benjamin feel on his ride home at dawn with his father after meeting Hildegarde?

4. How long does it take society to remember the events surrounding Benjamin’s birth and wild rumors began to fly,

5. In all the journals, Benjamin begins to be known as what?

(see the answer keys)

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