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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 question does everyone ask at the bonfire?

2. What instructions are the children given about the bonfire?

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?

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

5. Which group goes first in the neighborhood races in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Melanie leave Sag Harbor when she's younger?

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

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

4. What makes Benji's old house so familiar when he breaks in?

5. What makes Benji feel extra proud about being able to sneak into the Lisa Lisa concert in Chapter 6?

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

7. Why is Benji embarrassed about his music choices?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least 3 challenges an author, like Whitehead, faces when having a novel take place during a specific decade from the past (e.g., the 1980s). Make sure to use at least 3 examples from "Sag Harbor" to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Benji's family's drive out to Sag Harbor 1) sets the tone for the rest of the novel and 2) introduces at least 3 key facts about Benji that are important throughout the rest of the text. Make sure to use direct quotations and evidence from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least 3 different literary techniques Whitehead uses to create humor in "Sag Harbor."

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