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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) Smoking
(b) Talking back.
(c) Not thinking.
(d) Biting his nails.

2. What time does Ponyboy have to be home from the drive-in?
(a) Whenever he wants.
(b) By sunset.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Ten o'clock.

3. After the fight in the park, what does Johnny tell Ponyboy they need?
(a) Money, a gun, and a plan.
(b) An alibi.
(c) They need to call the police.
(d) A car.

4. Who does Ponyboy love the most out of anyone?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Darry.
(c) His parents.
(d) Soda.

5. What are the names of the girls Ponyboy and the greasers meet at the drive-in?
(a) Sherri and Marcia.
(b) Whitney and Barbara.
(c) Sandy and Marcia.
(d) Jennifer and Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person who can tease Darry?

2. What makes Johnny stand up for Dally when the Soc girls put him down?

3. In Ponyboy's view, what is the only thing that makes him a greaser?

4. Who comes to rescue Ponyboy when he gets jumped while walking home?

5. What does Ponyboy try not to do after he gets jumped?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends show up as they are walking from the drive-in with the greasers?

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

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

6. What does Dally do when Johnny asks if his parents are worried about him?

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

8. What do Cherry and Ponyboy talk about while getting concessions at the drive-in?

9. Describe the major event that occurs in Chapter 4 and how is a turning point in the novel.

10. What does Ponyboy realize that he has in common with Cherry?

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