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

2. In which period does this story begin?
(a) The antebellum period.
(b) The Civil War period.
(c) The Reconstruction Era.
(d) The Interwar Era.

3. Why is the clerk surprised at the suit Mr. Button chooses for his son?
(a) It is very fancy and not appropriate for a young boy.
(b) It is quite homely for such a wealthy man.
(c) It looks entirely too small.
(d) It is meant for a small child, not a baby.

4. When does Mr. Button need to take his son home from the hospital?
(a) Never.
(b) Today, and as soon as possible.
(c) This very moment.
(d) Within the week.

5. Before he hurries out of the hospital, for what does Mr. Button's son ask?
(a) A cane.
(b) Milk.
(c) A cigar.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Benjamin headed at the end of Chapter IV?

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

3. In Chapter III, when Mr. Button finally gives in and lets Benjamin eat food, what does he allow?

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

5. When left alone in Chapter III, what does Benjamin do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suit does Mr. Button choose for his son? What do others think of this suit?

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

3. What issue does Mr. Button have at the store, when going to buy clothes for his son?

4. What leads to Benjamin breaking something every day?

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

6. How does Mr. Button respond when his son does not like the clothes he has bought him?

7. How has Benjamin’s appearance changed by age 18?

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

9. What leads Benjamin to deciding to attend Harvard?

10. What would Benjamin rather do than play the part of a baby or small child?

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