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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Benji think of the concert at the time?
(a) It was amazing.
(b) It was good.
(c) It was dumb.
(d) It was overpriced.

4. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Chapter 5.
(b) The Prevent Flare-Ups.
(c) The Real Cosbys.
(d) Reggie and Benji, Part V.

5. How old was Melanie when she first kissed Benji?
(a) 5.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

6. Which group goes first in the neighborhood races in Chapter 8?
(a) Boys.
(b) Adults.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Girls.

7. What is Benji's opinion of Melanie in the first few minutes after they meet again in Chapter 7?
(a) She seems nice enough.
(b) She is too shy.
(c) She's just as mean as he remembers.
(d) She is not healthy mentally.

8. How often does Benji listen to the local radio station?
(a) Maybe once or twice a summer.
(b) Every day.
(c) From time to time.
(d) Only at night.

9. What did Benji plan on dressing like in order to get into the concert?
(a) Like his preppie friends back in NYC.
(b) Like his mother always wants him to dress.
(c) Like his father.
(d) Like he does when he has college interviews.

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

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

12. Where is Melanie living when Benji meets her in Chapter 7?
(a) Her parents' mansion.
(b) Her parents' yacht.
(c) A youth hostel.
(d) A rented beach house.

13. What major event happens to Benji in Chapter 7?
(a) He gets into a fight.
(b) He gets his own car.
(c) He gets his braces off.
(d) He breaks his arm.

14. What instructions are the children given about the bonfire?
(a) To make sure it stays going all night.
(b) To cover it with sand.
(c) To let it die out.
(d) To put water on it to make sure it's out later.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is able to get into the concert when they try a second time?

3. What does Benji worry will prevent him from seeing the concert?

4. 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?

5. Benji believes his father is ___________.

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