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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 Reggie most concerned with as he and Benji go walking around Sag Harbor?

2. What does NP think of Martine?

3. How is Benji currently viewed by his classmates?

4. What does the crew decide to do with the ice cream at Jonni Waffle when the power goes out?

5. When did Benji and Reggie no longer start to act like twins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Benji and his friends react when they see a white couple walking along the beach in Chapter 2?

2. What does Benji's dad tell him about being left alone at Sag Harbor?

3. What is the situation with Randy's father?

4. Why does Benji decide he needs a job?

5. What does Jonni Waffle do that makes it different from other ice cream shops?

6. What does Benji panic about when he loses his footing while out in the ocean in Chapter 2?

7. What made people think Reggie and Benji were twins as they were growing up?

8. Why do Randy and NP get into their big fight in Chapter 4?

9. What is the meaning behind the title of Chapter 3?

10. What is usually the first thing Benji and Reggie do when they arrive in Sag Harbor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least 3 aspects of "Sag Harbor" that make the novel believable as well as what literary devices Whitehead uses to create that level of believability.

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