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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ponyboy go to the grocery store with in Chapter 12?
(a) Soda and Sandy.
(b) Cherry and Marcia.
(c) Randy and Darry.
(d) Steve and Two-Bit.

2. Who is present at Ponyboy's hearing?
(a) The people involved in Bob's murder and Ponyboy's doctor.
(b) Just Darry and Soda.
(c) Everyone in town.
(d) No one.

3. Who speaks to the judge before the hearing begins?
(a) Ponyboy.
(b) Soda.
(c) Randy.
(d) Ponyboy's doctor.

4. What is one of the things Ponyboy reads while confined to his bed?
(a) Gone With the Wind.
(b) A letter from Cherry.
(c) Soda's yearbook.
(d) The Bible.

5. When he reads the newspaper stories about the fire, where does Ponyboy learn that he has to go?
(a) Texas.
(b) Juvenile court.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Back to school.

6. Which of the characters is in critical condition after the fire?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Dally.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Ponyboy.

7. What word does Ponyboy use to describe the way Dally dies?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Gruesome.
(c) Gallant.
(d) Unfair.

8. Why is Soda upset about Sandy in Chapter 12?
(a) She kissed Ponyboy.
(b) She wants to marry Soda.
(c) She returns his letters unopened.
(d) She is too jealous.

9. What has Dally done to make the cops chase him in Chapter 10?
(a) Stolen a car.
(b) Robbed a store.
(c) Burned a house down.
(d) Killed a boy.

10. What prognosis do the doctors give the critically injured character in Chapter 7?
(a) If he lives, he will be crippled for the rest of his life.
(b) He will be able to go home soon.
(c) He needs brain surgery.
(d) He is blind.

11. Who gets sick and passes out after Dally dies?
(a) Ponyboy.
(b) Soda.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Darry.

12. Who tells Ponyboy that he will not be going to the rumble?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Randy.
(c) Soda.
(d) Darry.

13. What does Ponyboy threaten the three Socs at the grocery store with?
(a) A broken Pepsi bottle.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) His fists.

14. What does Cherry tell Ponyboy that the Socs have planned for the rumble?
(a) She says the Socs have warned the police about the rumble.
(b) She says they are going to bring guns.
(c) She says the Socs aren't going to show up.
(d) She says they will fight fair and without weapons.

15. Whose picture does Ponyboy come across while reading in bed after the rumble?
(a) Bob's.
(b) Cherry's.
(c) Soda's.
(d) Johnny's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Two-Bit and Ponyboy do before going back to the hospital?

2. How long does Ponyboy stay in bed after the rumble?

3. Who tells Ponyboy that he is famous and shows him the newspaper article about him and Johnny?

4. What does Ponyboy say doesn't happen when you're tough?

5. What kind of car does Buck Merrill drive?

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