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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets off Benji's father's explosive temper?
(a) Talking about his drinking problem.
(b) Nearly anything.
(c) Hearing his children swear.
(d) Bad weather.

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

3. How does Benji see the headlights pull into the driveway of his old house?
(a) He's closing the window and sees the car.
(b) He catches a glimpse of them in the mirror.
(c) He has his eyes open while kissing Melanie.
(d) He sees their reflection in a glass of water.

4. How do Benji and his friends hide their beer in the forest?
(a) By putting it in a tree.
(b) Under some leaves.
(c) By burying it.
(d) By hanging it from a tree.

5. What kind of music does the local radio station play?
(a) Rap.
(b) Top 40 songs.
(c) Country.
(d) A mix of local and national bands.

6. How does Benji feel once he is able to sneak into the concert?
(a) Tired.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Embarrassed.

7. What does Barry throw into the bonfire?
(a) A battery.
(b) A firecracker.
(c) His beer cans.
(d) His homework.

8. Why does Benji identify with the Cosbys so much?
(a) The mother and father have the same jobs as his parents.
(b) He thinks one of the actors is just like Reggie.
(c) He doesn't identify with them.
(d) He totally sees himself in Theo.

9. What are Benji and Melanie doing as they discuss their childhoods?
(a) Fencing.
(b) Running from a group of bullies.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Walking.

10. Where do Benji and Melanie start making out in Benji's old house?
(a) On his parents' old bed.
(b) On his old bed.
(c) On Reggie's old bed.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

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

13. What does Benji remember about Melanie when he first meets her again in Chapter 7.
(a) He remembers her as a bit of a tomboy.
(b) He remembers her as being very spoiled.
(c) Virtually nothing.
(d) Everything.

14. What did Benji do when Melanie, at a young age, suggested they get married?
(a) He gave her a Ring Pop as a wedding ring.
(b) He ran away screaming.
(c) He called her his wife for several months afterward.
(d) He never answered her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Benji and NP realize about Barry?

2. What does Benji think of the concert in retrospect?

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?

4. How does Melanie act the day after she and Benji make out?

5. What is Benji's opinion of Melanie in the first few minutes after they meet again in Chapter 7?

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