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

2. What is one of the things Ponyboy reads while confined to his bed?
(a) A letter from Cherry.
(b) Soda's yearbook.
(c) Gone With the Wind.
(d) The Bible.

3. Why does Ponyboy have to walk home after Johnny dies?
(a) Dally will not leave the hospital.
(b) Soda will not come pick him up.
(c) Ponyboy wants to be alone.
(d) Dally had taken the car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Ponyboy that he will not be going to the rumble?

2. What does Johnny want Two-Bit to go get for him in Chapter 8?

3. Who tells Ponyboy in Chapter 9 that he shouldn't fight in the rumble?

4. Why does Ponyboy call Cherry a traitor?

5. Why do Ponyboy and his brothers go home from the hospital in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dally ask Two-Bit for in the hospital?

2. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

3. How does the rumble get started?

4. What happens when the police pull Dally and Ponyboy over as they are on the way to the hospital?

5. Where has Sandy gone by Chapter 7, and why?

6. What makes Ponyboy think about Bob in Chapter 11?

7. What does Johnny do when his mother comes to the hospital?

8. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

9. Explain how Dally dies.

10. What does Ponyboy do to pass the time while he is bedridden?

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