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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ponyboy doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Leaving a movie theater.
(b) Kissing a girl.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Sitting in a classroom.

2. Who is in the ambulance with Ponyboy?
(a) Soda.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Jerry.
(d) His mother.

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

4. Where do Steve and Soda work?
(a) A bar.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A hamburger stand.

5. What are Ponyboy and Johnny looking at when Ponyboy recites the line "Nothing gold can stay"?
(a) The falling leaves.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) The windows of the church.
(d) Ponyboy's hair.

6. What do Ponyboy and Johnny do in Chapter 5 to disguise themselves?
(a) Dress like Socs.
(b) Cut and dye their hair.
(c) Grow moustaches.
(d) Wear masks.

7. Why doesn't Soda attend school?
(a) He got expelled.
(b) He dropped out.
(c) He is home-schooled.
(d) He graduated.

8. What happens to makes Ponyboy nervous as he is leaving the movies?
(a) It is dark outside.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He hears strange noises.
(d) A car is following him.

9. What does Ponyboy try not to do after he gets jumped?
(a) Cry.
(b) Scream for help.
(c) Fight back.
(d) Run away.

10. What do the rich kids call Ponyboy and his friends?
(a) Losers.
(b) Greasers.
(c) Wavers.
(d) Nerds.

11. Who is the only person who can tease Darry?
(a) Soda.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Ponyboy.
(d) His father.

12. Johnny thinks that Dally is so ________ that it scares him.
(a) Mean.
(b) Fearless.
(c) Strong.
(d) Real.

13. What is the source of the money that Ponyboy and Johnny get from Dally?
(a) It is Soda's savings.
(b) Cherry gives them the money.
(c) It is Johnny's piggy bank money.
(d) It is Buck Merrill's rodeo winnings.

14. What activity is common to the greasers?
(a) Driving old cars.
(b) Holding up gas stations.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Gang fights.

15. Cherry says the greasers are more ___________ than the Socs.
(a) Hateful.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Generous.
(d) Affluent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What celebrity does Ponyboy wish he looked like?

2. Who is angry when Ponyboy gets home from the drive-in late?

3. What are the names of the girls Ponyboy and the greasers meet at the drive-in?

4. After the fight in the park, what does Johnny tell Ponyboy they need?

5. How does Ponyboy react when Johnny tells him what has happened in the park?

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