The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Quiz

After his twelfth birthday, Benjamin was astonished to discover that his white hair

• 1. was falling and he was losing his eyesight and voice.

• 1. now hung tangled and his teeth were getting loose.

• 1. was growing very quickly and had become very long.

• 1. was turning gray and he was beginning to look younger.

When they first met, Benjamin did not correct Hildegarde when she

• 1. mistook him for the college principal.

  
  

• 1. took him to be his father's brother.

  
  

• 1. used the wrong cutlery for her food.

  
  

• 1. gave incorrect answers to the quizzes.

  
  

When his grandson started going to kindergarten, Benjamin

• began to attend kindergarten too.

• bought him an Asian elephant.

• decided to look for work in the school.

• resigned from his job to look after him.

Benjamin _____ as he was discontented with his wife and home.

• decide to join in the Spanish-American war

• went to stay at a boarding school

• decided to run away to Spain

• went to live with his grandfather in London

Hildegarde decided to marry Benjamin because

• she thought older man knew how to appreciate women.

• she felt sorry for the numerous rejections Benjamin had had.

• her father could benefit from her marriage to a powerful man.

• her mother worried continuously about marrying her off.

Mr. Roger Button thought that the hospital was playing a horrible joke on him when

• the nurse told him that his wife had fled with the baby.

• the doctor refused to deliver the baby.

• he saw that his newborn baby looked like an old man.

• he was told that his baby was a fish.

Roscoe Button was worried that his status in Baltimore would be compromised, so he

• decided to send Benjamin to a boarding school.

• told Benjamin to address him as 'Uncle' in front of visitors.

• created a false identity for Benjamin and sent him away.

• bought all the newspaper companies in the city.

Why did Mr. Button go to the store before taking his baby home?

• He needed to buy a baby car seat.

• The baby needed a lighter blanket.

• He had to buy a suit for his son.

• Mrs. Button wanted a sandwich.

Mr. Roger Button published Benjamin's birth certificate in the newspaper because

• he wanted to announce Benjamin's engagement with Ms. Moncrief.

• he was asked by Ms. Moncrief's family to publicly share his son's details.

• he wanted to provide proof of his son's age and settle the public rumors.

• he wanted to submit Benjamin's entry for a contest in the newspaper.

Benjamin spent the last days of his life

• reading stories to his grandson.

• telling the world about his amazing life.

• in a crib with Nana taking care of him.

• writing an autobiography.