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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 do Ponyboy and his gang call the rich kids?
2. What time do Ponyboy and Johnny get to the park?
3. Dally says the greasers have a spy on their side. Who is it?
4. What celebrity does Ponyboy wish he looked like?
5. Where do Johnny, Ponyboy, and Two-Bit walk to with Cherry and Marcia after they leave the movies?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jerry say when Ponyboy tells him that he and Johnny are wanted for murder?
2. What do Cherry and Ponyboy talk about while getting concessions at the drive-in?
3. What happens when Dally tries to give the Soc girls a soda at the drive-in?
4. How do Johnny and Ponyboy realize that they are not alone at the park?
5. What things are Ponyboy thinking about as he sits at the drive-in?
6. What do Johnny and Ponyboy do in the vacant lot?
7. How do the greasers sneak into the drive-in, and why do they do it?
8. What happens when Ponyboy comes home late in Chapter 3?
9. What injuries do Ponyboy and Johnny sustain in the fire?
10. What does Dally tell Ponyboy and Johnny to do when the come to him for help after the park fight?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Dally as the hero or martyr of the novel. What heroic behaviors does he display? Why do the younger boys look up to him? What can they learn from his life?
Essay Topic 2
Compare The Outsiders to a similar rivalry story. Discuss how violence & friendships that arise between the groups, etc. are handled in each story.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the similarities between the greasers and the Socs. How are they not really all that different from each other? Why does each group think the other is better off? What specific events or conversations in the novel indicate that the two groups have some things in common?
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