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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 Reggie's schedule during the weekends most of the time?

2. How often does Benji listen to the local radio station?

3. How many children are in Benji's family?

4. What does Benji's family spend a great deal of time trying *not* to do?

5. What does Benji think of his father's BBQ at the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Benji feel about his future as the novel concludes?

2. What is Benji most concerned with when it comes to the beer in the forest?

3. How does Benji try to avoid making his father angry?

4. Why is Benji's make-out session with Melanie so awkward afterward?

5. Why does Melanie leave Sag Harbor when she's younger?

6. Why is it problematic for Benji to have a crush on Erica?

7. What makes Benji feel extra proud about being able to sneak into the Lisa Lisa concert in Chapter 6?

8. What happens when Melanie jumps off the roof as she and Benji are escaping from Benji's old house in Chapter 7?

9. What makes Benji's old house so familiar when he breaks in?

10. How do Benji's neighbors act when they learn his father is BBQing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Benji's family's drive out to Sag Harbor 1) sets the tone for the rest of the novel and 2) introduces at least 3 key facts about Benji that are important throughout the rest of the text. Make sure to use direct quotations and evidence from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Describe at least 3 things that Whitehead is able to do with the character of Benji because he is a teenager AND at least 3 things he is not able to do with him because he is a teenager.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least 3 different literary techniques Whitehead uses to create humor in "Sag Harbor."

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