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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. What happened to the band shortly after the concert?
(a) They faded away after their heyday.
(b) They remembered Benji and his friends.
(c) They became very successful.
(d) They decided to move to Sag Harbor.

2. What club was Lisa Lisa going to play at in Sag Harbor?
(a) Frontside.
(b) The Boom Boom Room.
(c) The Flix.
(d) Bayside.

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

4. How does Benji describe his dad?
(a) As an absent father.
(b) As a kind man.
(c) As an angry man.
(d) As someone who would do anything for his sons.

5. What game does Melanie remember playing with Benji when they were little kids?
(a) Four square.
(b) Dodge ball.
(c) Red light, green light.
(d) Tag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benji remember about Melanie when he first meets her again in Chapter 7.

2. Whom is Melanie dating?

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

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. What does Benji do to the radio before leaving the house in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Benji's neighbors act when they learn his father is BBQing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do Benji and Melanie talk about during their walk in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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