The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why is it not made known that Hildegarde Moncrief is engaged to Benjamin Button?

2. How does Benjamin feel while waiting to meet Hildegarde?

3. What does Benjamin begin to do at the beginning of Chapter V?

4. What is the problem with men who are 25, according to Hildegarde?

5. How does Benjamin try to act regarding Hildegarde?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Benjamin drawn in the Sunday papers?

2. What is significant about Benjamin turning 20?

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

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

5. What attracts Hildegarde to Benjamin?

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

7. What does Benjamin think about the Spanish-American War?

8. How has Hildegarde changed over the years by Chapter 8?

9. How does Benjamin continue to grow younger, both physical and mentally in Chapter 8?

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

Benjamin and Hildegarde’s marriage slowly dies. What leads to the death of their marriage? Although Benjamin’s growing younger is atypical, how is the growing of a couple in different ways also sometimes lead to estrangement and separation similar to what happens between Benjamin and Hildegarde? How does the end of their relationship reflect what is happening more often in the world of F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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