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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Benji's father act when he is drinking?
(a) He gets mean.
(b) He gets quiet.
(c) He gets funny.
(d) He gets sleepy.

2. Who does NP want to bring to the concert?
(a) Benji.
(b) His little brother.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) Reggie.

3. What does Benji listen to one Saturday morning?
(a) His mother crying.
(b) A vacuum cleaner.
(c) A radio.
(d) His father drinking.

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

5. Where is Benji's sister during most of the novel?
(a) Traveling in Europe.
(b) Benji doesn't have a sister.
(c) With her boyfriend.
(d) In college.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Sag Harbor neighbors do to celebrate the end of summer?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Benji's parents do for a living?

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

5. What do Benji and his friends think of the bonfire?

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

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

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

9. Who is Barry?

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

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