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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the horse that Soda loved?
(a) Joe.
(b) Mickey Mouse.
(c) Runner.
(d) Black Beauty.

2. What happened to Ponyboy's parents?
(a) They lost all their money in the stock market.
(b) The moved to another town.
(c) They were killed in a car wreck.
(d) They were murdered.

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

4. 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.

5. Why are there children at the church in Chapter 6?
(a) They are going to Sunday school.
(b) They are looking for Johnny.
(c) They are picking flowers.
(d) They are having a picnic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many brothers does Ponyboy have?

2. What are Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends' names?

3. What do the Socs do to Ponyboy at the park?

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

5. What is Dallas Winston's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the gang known as the "greasers".

2. What does Ponyboy do when he wakes up in the church?

3. What happens when Ponyboy comes home late in Chapter 3?

4. How do the greasers sneak into the drive-in, and why do they do it?

5. What things are Ponyboy thinking about as he sits at the drive-in?

6. What is Ponyboy's reaction to cutting and dyeing his hair?

7. What news does Dally give Ponyboy and Johnny when he comes to see them at the church?

8. How do Johnny and Ponyboy realize that they are not alone at the park?

9. What does Soda tell Ponyboy in the letter he sends with Dally?

10. What do Johnny and Ponyboy do in the vacant lot?

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