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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do all of Benji's friends feel about being able to sneak into the concert?
(a) Tired.
(b) Disappointed at how much effort it took.
(c) Totally excited.
(d) Not all of his friends are able to sneak in.

2. How do NP and the others get home after they can't get into the concert?
(a) They walk.
(b) Randy takes them.
(c) Bobby takes them.
(d) They take a cab.

3. What does Benji think about his upcoming year as the summer concludes?
(a) He'll be lucky to live through it.
(b) The year is going to be his most boring one yet.
(c) It's going to be a great year.
(d) It's going to be an awful year.

4. Benji sneaks into his old house with ___________.
(a) Melanie, Reggie, NP, and Nick.
(b) Melanie, Reggie, and NP.
(c) Melanie and Reggie.
(d) Just Melanie.

5. Whom do the members of the band talk to on the day of their concert?
(a) Randy.
(b) No one; everyone is too awestruck.
(c) NP.
(d) Benji.

6. When Benji looks at the Sag Harbor adults, what does he imagine is the reason he can't figure out which one he will become?
(a) His future self is too important to return to Sag Habor ever again.
(b) His future self is too scared to acknowledge himself to the younger Benji.
(c) His future self never returns to Sag Harbor.
(d) He doesn't live past the age of 18.

7. How does Benji's mother resolve the argument between herself and Benji's father during the BBQ?
(a) She fixes her hair.
(b) She says she wants a divorce.
(c) She says her body is just fine the way it is.
(d) She goes out to buy more plates.

8. What does Benji's father get annoyed about with Benji's mother during the BBQ?
(a) She needs to lose some weight.
(b) She bought cheap paper plates.
(c) She never does her hair right.
(d) She needs to gain some weight.

9. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) Fast Girls, Slow Cars.
(b) Chasing the Dream.
(c) Chapter 7.
(d) Tonight, We Improvise.

10. What does Benji's family spend a great deal of time trying *not* to do?
(a) Spend money.
(b) Anger the father.
(c) Appear bored.
(d) Read.

11. What kind of music does Benji prefer?
(a) Top 40 songs.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Rap.
(d) Country.

12. Who suggests sneaking into Benji's old house?
(a) Benji.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Reggie.
(d) NP.

13. With what does NP plan to bribe one of the bouncers at the concert?
(a) Free ice cream.
(b) Money.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Beer.

14. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) The First Sign of Fall.
(b) Of Thee I Sing.
(c) A Leaf Falls, and Summer Ends.
(d) The Black National Anthem.

15. What other group was coming to Sag Harbor?
(a) Debbie Gibson and Friends.
(b) Milli Vanilli.
(c) Vanilla Ice.
(d) U.T.F.O.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Benji get a ticket to the concert at Sag Harbor?

2. What do the Sag Harbor neighbors do to celebrate the end of summer?

3. How does Benji describe his dad?

4. Where is Benji's sister during most of the novel?

5. What kind of music does the local radio station play?

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