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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ponyboy respond to Darry's scolding in Chapter 11?
(a) By yelling at Darry.
(b) By cleaning his room.
(c) By storming out of the house.
(d) By telling Darry he will try to be more careful.

2. Why does Ponyboy have to write a semester theme?
(a) Because he missed too much school.
(b) Because his teacher does not like him.
(c) To pass his English class.
(d) Because Darry wants him to.

3. How does Ponyboy feel about having to stay in bed after the rumble?
(a) It makes him sad.
(b) He enjoys it.
(c) It makes him angry.
(d) It drives him crazy.

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

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

6. What does Two-Bit give Dally in the hospital?
(a) A blanket.
(b) His blade.
(c) A poem.
(d) A gun.

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

8. What do the doctors say that makes Ponyboy realize Johnny is dying?
(a) That they should call his mom.
(b) That Ponyboy should go home.
(c) That his room is empty.
(d) That it couldn't hurt for him to have visitors now.

9. How many Socs show up at the rumble?
(a) 3.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 6.

10. What does Johnny want Two-Bit to go get for him in Chapter 8?
(a) Some water.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A knife.
(d) A copy of Gone With The Wind.

11. Who does Johnny leave with a copy of Gone With the Wind for Ponyboy?
(a) Dally.
(b) The nurse.
(c) Soda.
(d) His mom.

12. Who does Johnny refuse to see at the hospital?
(a) Darry.
(b) The doctor.
(c) His mother.
(d) Ponyboy.

13. What time does Ponyboy get home before the rumble?
(a) 7:00 p.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

14. Where does Dally make the cops chase him to?
(a) The vacant lot.
(b) The hospital.
(c) His house.
(d) The school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dally convince the nurse to let him go to the rumble?

2. Who waits at the hospital with Ponyboy in Chapter 7?

3. What kind of car does Buck Merrill drive?

4. Who does Ponyboy go to the grocery store with in Chapter 12?

5. What does Ponyboy ask Two-Bit to do for him before the rumble?

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