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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. According to Ponyboy's brother, what is one of Ponyboy's bad habits?
(a) Talking back.
(b) Smoking
(c) Biting his nails.
(d) Not thinking.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the hair of the girl Ponyboy talks to at the drive-in?

2. What story does Ponyboy tell Cherry when they are getting snacks at the drive-in?

3. After the fight in the park, where do Johnny and Ponyboy go to find help?

4. Dally says the greasers have a spy on their side. Who is it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerry say when Ponyboy tells him that he and Johnny are wanted for murder?

2. How does Dally approach the Soc girls at the drive-in?

3. What is Ponyboy's living arrangement?

4. What does Ponyboy tell Cherry and the others about Darry as they are walking to Two-Bit's house?

5. What strikes Johnny about the characters in Gone With The Wind?

6. What does Dally tell Ponyboy and Johnny to do when the come to him for help after the park fight?

7. Why is Ponyboy nervous about walking home alone from the movies?

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

9. What injuries do Ponyboy and Johnny sustain in the fire?

10. In Chapter 1, what does Ponyboy see as differences between him and his peers?

(see the answer keys)

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