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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Johnny and Ponyboy get "trapped" at the park?
(a) At the bike racks.
(b) In a tree.
(c) At the fountain.
(d) In the sandbox.

2. Who does Cherry say Ponyboy looks like?
(a) A horse.
(b) Soda.
(c) Robert Redford.
(d) His father.

3. According to Ponyboy's brother, what is one of Ponyboy's bad habits?
(a) Biting his nails.
(b) Not thinking.
(c) Smoking
(d) Talking back.

4. What are the names of the girls Ponyboy and the greasers meet at the drive-in?
(a) Whitney and Barbara.
(b) Sandy and Marcia.
(c) Sherri and Marcia.
(d) Jennifer and Mary.

5. Why did Ponyboy pass out after the fire?
(a) Dally hit him to put out the flames on his back.
(b) Someone punches him.
(c) He fell out a window and hit his head.
(d) He passes out from shock.

6. What does Johnny ask Dally when he comes to the church?
(a) If Bob is okay.
(b) If Johnny's parents are worried about him.
(c) If anyone followed him.
(d) If Dally will take him home.

7. Besides Cherry, who is the only person Ponyboy is comfortable talking with?
(a) Darry.
(b) Soda.
(c) Johnny.
(d) His mother.

8. Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to go to jail?
(a) Because Ponyboy will be alone without Johnny.
(b) Because jail will harden Johnny.
(c) Because Dally wants to teach him a lesson.
(d) Because Johnny is too young.

9. Why do the greasers sneak into the drive-in?
(a) They don't want anyone to see them.
(b) They don't have the money to pay their way in.
(c) It is a challenge.
(d) They have been kicked out already.

10. How does Johnny recognize who the Socs in the park are?
(a) By the rings on Bob's hand.
(b) Ponyboy tells him who they are.
(c) By Randy's voice.
(d) Bob calls out Johnny's name.

11. Why doesn't Ponyboy know what is going on during the fight in the park?
(a) Johnny covers his eyes and ears.
(b) He has been stabbed and passes out.
(c) He runs home.
(d) He is unconscious from nearly drowning in the fountain.

12. Who is in the park with Ponyboy and Johnny?
(a) Cherry and Marcia.
(b) Bob, Randy, and three more Socs.
(c) Dally.
(d) Their parents.

13. What does Ponyboy think Darry would do to him if Soda would let him?
(a) Beat him up.
(b) Take him to another town.
(c) Put him in a home.
(d) Buy him a car.

14. What do the Socs do to Ponyboy at the park?
(a) Chase him out of the park.
(b) Push him to the ground and kick him.
(c) Shove his face in the fountain.
(d) Hit him with their car.

15. What is the name of the grown-up who is at the fire?
(a) Roger.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Mr. Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cherry tells Ponyboy that he is the type of person who ________________.

2. Who does Ponyboy love the most out of anyone?

3. What makes Johnny and Ponyboy realize they are not alone in the park?

4. Who jumps Ponyboy when he is walking home from the movie theater?

5. What do Ponyboy and his gang call the rich kids?

(see the answer keys)

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