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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. Have Benjamin's feelings changed towards his wife?

2. Who escorts Benjamin home from the train station after returning from war?

3. How do others feel about Benjamin in the 1890s?

4. What other leadership roles, besides captain, does Benjamin hold by the end of the war?

5. What does Benjamin request of his father, regarding Hildegarde?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Benjamin’s reaction to seeing his reflection, upon returning from the war?

4. What are the thoughts of both Roger and Benjamin on their ride home after the dance at the Shevlin estate?

5. How does Benjamin end up back home from the Spanish-American War?

6. How are Hildegarde’s friends wrong about their marriage?

7. How have Benjamin’s feelings about aging changed since his return from the war?

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

9. What solidifies the attraction between Hildegarde and Benjamin?

10. What attracts Hildegarde to Benjamin?

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

It takes time but Mr. Button finally comes to term with Benjamin‘s condition. Does this change his relationship with Benjamin? Why or why not? Do the majority of the characters that Benjamin comes across get used to how he is? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Hildegarde Moncrief refuses to believe the truth about Benjamin’s odd way of growing. Why does the refuse to belief the truth? How does she react to his growing younger, once she sees this rumor is true? Would she have married him had she known he would continue to grow younger? Why or why not?

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