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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 are Ponyboy and Soda supposed to do if the cops show up at the rumble?
(a) Take off.
(b) Hide behind him.
(c) Whistle.
(d) Shoot at them.

2. To pass the time after the rumble, Ponyboy reads and __________ while confined to bed.
(a) Talks to Cherry.
(b) Draws.
(c) Writes letters.
(d) Carves wood.

3. Who has a fever and isn't feeling very well while he is at the hospital?
(a) Two-Bit.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Dally.
(d) Ponyboy.

4. What prognosis do the doctors give the critically injured character in Chapter 7?
(a) He will be able to go home soon.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He needs brain surgery.
(d) If he lives, he will be crippled for the rest of his life.

5. Who crawls into bed with Ponyboy and falls asleep with him in Chapter 10?
(a) Darry.
(b) Steve.
(c) Soda.
(d) Cherry.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way to Dally's room, who do Two-Bit and Johnny pass in the hospital hallway?

2. When he reads the newspaper stories about the fire, where does Ponyboy learn that he has to go?

3. Why is Soda upset about Sandy in Chapter 12?

4. What does Ponyboy threaten the three Socs at the grocery store with?

5. What does Ponyboy ask Two-Bit to do for him before the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why won't Cherry go see Johnny in the hospital?

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

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

4. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

5. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

6. Explain how Dally dies.

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

8. What do the newspaper articles say about Ponyboy?

9. How does Dally get to the rumble?

10. What makes Ponyboy realize that Johnny is dying?

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