The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Buttons decided to go against societal norms when they chose to have their first baby born in a __________.

When was Benjamin Button Born?

• 1660

• 1760

• 1860

• 1960

What is Mr. Roger Button's biggest concern when he learns of his newborn child's condition?

• The child's safety

• The mother's emotional state

• How he will take care of his child

• What people will say when they see the child

Despite Benjamin being 5'8" and having the personality of an old man, his parents insist on treating him like a _______ for the first few years of his life.

In his earlier years, who does Benjamin prefer spending time with rather than "playing with other boys?"

• His Nurse

• His Father

• His Mother

• His Grandfather

What does Benjamin realize when he is 12?

• He looks younger.

• He is getting shorter.

• His eyesight is getting worse.

• His skin is more wrinkled.

Why doesn't Benjamin get into Yale?

• He has poor grades.

• He mocks the registrar.

• They don't believe he is 18.

• He gets into a fight on campus.

When Hildegarde meets Benjamin, she thinks he is how old?

• 50

• 30

• 20

• 40

What does Mr. Roger Button do to convince the town of his son's actual age? (Nobody believes it.)

• He has the doctor who delivered him give testimony in the town square.

• He has his baby pictures printed and put up all over town.

• He publishes his birth certificate in the local paper.

The following excerpt is an example of what rhetorical device?

Meeting him on the street, his contemporaries would stare enviously at the picture he made of health and vitality.

"He seems to grow younger every year," they would remark.

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Metonymy