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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 does Benji think of his father's BBQ at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

3. Where do Benji and Melanie start making out in Benji's old house?

4. What does Barry throw into the bonfire?

5. Where did Benji first meet Melanie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does NP get one of the members of Lisa Lisa to promise in Jonni Waffle?

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

5. What is Benji thinking about one Saturday morning in Chapter 5?

6. What goes wrong with NP's plan to get into the Lisa Lisa concert?

7. What causes Benji to realize his father's BBQ isn't all that he remembered it to be?

8. How does Reggie try to avoid making his father angry?

9. According to Benji in Chapter 5, why was The Cosby Show so groundbreaking?

10. How is Benji feeling when he hears his parents pull into the driveway in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose at least one female character from "Sag Harbor" and discuss at least 3 ways she goes against traditional gender stereotypes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss at least 3 literary devices Whitehead uses within the first 2 chapters to help the reader better understand Benji as both a character and the protagonist. Make sure to use examples and/or quotations from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least 3 literary techniques Whitehead uses to make one character of your choosing from the "Sag Harbor" very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.

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