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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Ponyboy is sitting on the car at the grocery store in Chapter 12, three Socs pull up. Why don't these three Socs like him?
(a) They are afraid of him.
(b) He beat them up in the rumble.
(c) They think he is a snob.
(d) They say he killed their friend.

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

3. What do Two-Bit and Ponyboy do before going back to the hospital?
(a) Clean the house.
(b) Eat lunch.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Steal a car.

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

5. Who tells Ponyboy in Chapter 9 that he shouldn't fight in the rumble?
(a) Soda.
(b) Randy.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Darry.

6. Who shoots Dally?
(a) Randy.
(b) Soda.
(c) The cops.
(d) Cherry.

7. How does Dally convince the nurse to let him go to the rumble?
(a) With Two-Bit's knife.
(b) By paying her.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He makes up a story about Ponyboy being hurt.

8. What is the result of Ponyboy's hearing?
(a) He gets put in a foster home.
(b) He goes to jail.
(c) He is acquitted.
(d) He has to do community service.

9. What is wrong with Ponyboy after the rumble?
(a) He has cancer.
(b) He has a concussion.
(c) He has been shot.
(d) He has a cold.

10. Who is sleeping in the chair beside Ponyboy when he wakes up in Chapter 10 after the rumble?
(a) Soda.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Darry.
(d) Cherry.

11. What word does Ponyboy use to describe the way Dally dies?
(a) Gallant.
(b) Unfair.
(c) Gruesome.
(d) Stupid.

12. Who is present at Ponyboy's hearing?
(a) Just Darry and Soda.
(b) Everyone in town.
(c) The people involved in Bob's murder and Ponyboy's doctor.
(d) No one.

13. Who comes to visit Ponyboy when he is confined to bed after the rumble?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Randy.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Dally.

14. Who is the first person to be questioned at the hearing?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Ponyboy.
(c) Randy.
(d) Darry.

15. What does Ponyboy ask Two-Bit to do for him before the rumble?
(a) To go get Soda.
(b) To take him home.
(c) To give him a knife.
(d) Not to tell anyone he is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who crawls into bed with Ponyboy and falls asleep with him in Chapter 10?

2. Who is the youngest boy at the rumble?

3. Who does Johnny refuse to see at the hospital?

4. What lie does Ponyboy tell Johnny in the hospital?

5. On what day does Ponyboy finally wake up after passing out following the rumble?

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