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

2. How does Benji's father act when he is drinking?

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

4. What does Benji's father get annoyed about with Benji's mother during the BBQ?

5. Why does Benji identify with the Cosbys so much?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the older Benji look back at the Lisa Lisa concert?

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

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

4. Who is Barry?

5. Why do Benji and his friends stop watching the races in Chapter 8?

6. Why are people under the age of 19 not allowed at the Lisa Lisa concert?

7. Why does Melanie return to Sag Harbor in Chapter 7?

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

9. What does Benji only realize in retrospect about his father's haircuts?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least 3 literary devices that Whitehead uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.

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

Discuss how Whitehead portrays authority figures in "Sag Harbor," making sure to use at least 3 specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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