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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. What is Benjamin's suggestion regarding nails?

2. In Chapter VII, how are Hildegard’s friends who are concerned about her marriage wrong in one way?

3. In Chapter VI, how many months later is it?

4. What creates a permanent rift between Benjamin and Hildegarde?

5. Where does the dance take place that both Mr. Button and Benjamin attend together in Chapter V?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Benjamin feel 15 years since his marriage?

2. How is Benjamin known in all the journals?

3. How does General Moncrief try to convince Hildegarde that she is making a mistake marrying Benjamin?

4. What solidifies the attraction between Hildegarde and Benjamin?

5. How does Benjamin save his business over 600 nails per year?

6. Why is the truth about Benjamin’s birth not circulated as much as the wild rumors?

7. What attracts Hildegarde to Benjamin?

8. What are two of the rumors being spread around society about Benjamin after his engagement to Hildegarde?

9. Fifteen years after their marriage, how do others feel about the Benjamin Button family?

10. How does Benjamin’s life improve over the years in Chapter 7 and 8? What is the exception?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When someone in the mob shouts that Benjamin should go to Harvard, he sees both the insult and the inspiration. What does this reveal about Benjamin? How does this influence decisions that Benjamin makes later in the story? How might the reader apply this to his or her own life?

Essay Topic 2

There are unusual happenings surrounding the birth of Benjamin Button? What are they? How do others react to this? Are you surprised by their reactions? Why or why not? Would people have the same reactions today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What does it mean to find fulfillment? Would you say that Benjamin had a fulfilling life? Why or why not? Would he say his life was fulfilling? Why or why not?

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