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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 has never held a newborn baby before.
(c) He does not know how he can walk through the streets and introduce this old man as his newborn son.
(d) He is not sure what to feed him.

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

5. How is Mr. Button dressed the day his wife gives birth?
(a) In pajamas.
(b) In his smoking jacket.
(c) Impeccably.
(d) Disheveled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Mr. Buttons' son appear to be?

2. What does the nurse suggest that Mr. Button do, so he can take his son home?

3. Does Mr. Hart believe that Benjamin is 18?

4. By 18, how old does Benjamin look?

5. What does Benjamin NOT promise to continue doing, to get from his father what he has requested?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Button have Benjamin do at age 18?

2. What does Mr. Button do to try to convince others that his son is younger than he looks? Are these disguises convincing?

3. What is Mr. Hart’s reaction to Benjamin?

4. Why does Mr. Button have difficulty buying his newborn son a suit?

5. What is significant about Benjamin turning 12?

6. How does Mr. Button react to seeing his son dressed in a suit?

7. What leads Benjamin to deciding to attend Harvard?

8. What is the setting of the beginning of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"?

9. Why is it fortunate for the Buttons that the Civil War breaks out?

10. What is unusual about the birth of the Button’s son?

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