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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Benjamin the idea that he should go to Harvard?

2. Around what age does Benjamin first notice he has grown younger?

3. What does Mr. Button assume has happened, regarding his child and what he sees in the crying-room?

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

5. What does Benjamin request of his father, now that he sees he is growing younger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What dilemma arises when Benjamin is the meet his the Yale registrar, Mr. Hart?

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

4. What is known about the Button family based on Chapter 1?

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

6. What does Mr. Button do to try to make his elderly son act like a baby or small child?

7. What leads to Benjamin breaking something every day?

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

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

10. What takes place when Benjamin is placed in kindergarten?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mr. Button realizes his son is born an old man, how does he react? About what is he concerned? What does this reveal about him? How does he handle this new life with an unusual child? How does all this affect Benjamin?

Essay Topic 2

Although Benjamin dies as an infant, what are the similarities between old age and infancy that are brought up in this book? What does this book say about the care of the elderly? What does Benjamin's life reveal about the end of one's life?

Essay Topic 3

What are groups of people today that would fall into a similar category as Benjamin back in 1860 - oddities that should be covered up and hidden? Although this story was written a century ago, how have things stayed the same regarding those who are different? How have things changed for the better for those who are different?

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