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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 kind of car does Buck Merrill drive?
(a) A Corvette.
(b) A T-Bird.
(c) A Mustang.
(d) A pickup truck.

2. What does Soda want to do after the big rumble?
(a) Move away.
(b) Throw a party.
(c) Get married.
(d) Put Ponyboy in a home.

3. Who has a bad feeling about the rumble?
(a) Ponyboy.
(b) Darry.
(c) Two-Bit.
(d) Cherry.

4. What does Two-Bit give Dally in the hospital?
(a) A blanket.
(b) His blade.
(c) A gun.
(d) A poem.

5. 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 think he is a snob.
(b) They are afraid of him.
(c) He beat them up in the rumble.
(d) They say he killed their friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he is dying, what does Johnny tell Ponyboy to do?

2. Whose picture does Ponyboy come across while reading in bed after the rumble?

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

4. Who gets sick and passes out after Dally dies?

5. What word does Ponyboy use to describe the way Dally dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the newspaper articles say about Ponyboy?

2. Why doesn't Darry want Ponyboy to fight in the rumble?

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

4. How do readers realize that Ponyboy is in denial and delusional?

5. What does Randy tell Ponyboy when he asks to talk to him alone?

6. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

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

8. Explain how Dally dies.

9. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

10. How does Ponyboy act tough at the grocery store?

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