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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Johnny compare the southern gentlemen in the book he and Ponyboy are reading?
(a) Darry.
(b) Ponyboy .
(c) Soda.
(d) Dally.

2. What major event happens in the park that is a turning point in the story?
(a) Randy gets stabbed.
(b) Johnny kills Bob.
(c) Johnny shoots Ponyboy.
(d) Ponyboy drowns.

3. Why don't Cherry and Marcia have a car?
(a) Someone steals their car.
(b) They got in a fight with their boyfriends.
(c) The car runs out of gas.
(d) They are grounded.

4. Why does Ponyboy run into the church during the fire?
(a) To save his parents.
(b) To hide from the police.
(c) To get his book.
(d) To save the kids from the fire.

5. According to Dally, where do the cops think Ponyboy and Johnny are headed?
(a) Texas.
(b) The hospital.
(c) California.
(d) Home.

6. What do the two boys in the blue car call Johnny, Ponyboy, and Two-Bit?
(a) Bums.
(b) Troublemakers.
(c) Greasers.
(d) Jerks.

7. How does Ponyboy react when Johnny tells him what has happened in the park?
(a) He calls Darry.
(b) He runs home.
(c) He starts screaming hysterically.
(d) He punches Johnny.

8. What does Dally give to Ponyboy when he comes to the church?
(a) A knife.
(b) A letter from Soda.
(c) A gun.
(d) A police report.

9. 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.

10. What are Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends' names?
(a) Randy and Mike.
(b) Ponyboy and Johnny.
(c) Randy and Bob.
(d) Soda and Darry.

11. Where is the church Ponyboy and Johnny need to go to?
(a) Windrixville.
(b) Tulsa.
(c) Jay Mountain.
(d) Behind the park.

12. When Ponyboy wakes up in the church, how does he know Johnny is gone?
(a) Johnny told him he was leaving.
(b) Johnny's car is gone.
(c) Johnny left him a note.
(d) Ponyboy remembers that he took Johnny home.

13. Who admires Dally because he is gallant?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Ponyboy.
(d) Soda.

14. Why does Cherry decide to leave with the Socs instead of walking with Ponyboy and the greasers?
(a) She doesn't want a fight to start.
(b) She is scared of the greasers.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She is in love with Bob.

15. What do Ponyboy and his gang call the rich kids?
(a) Socs.
(b) Mallrats.
(c) Uptowns.
(d) Jocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cherry tell the cops about Bob's murder?

2. Where do Johnny and Ponyboy get "trapped" at the park?

3. What celebrity does Ponyboy wish he looked like?

4. What does Dally offer the Soc girls?

5. Why did Ponyboy pass out after the fire?

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