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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes over to Ponyboy's house to see him when he gets home from the hospital?

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

3. What kind of car does Buck Merrill drive?

4. What does the judge ask Ponyboy?

5. What does Two-Bit give Dally in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Ponyboy and Randy talk about when Randy comes to visit him?

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

4. How does the rumble get started?

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

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

7. What do the newspaper articles say about Ponyboy?

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

9. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Dally as the hero or martyr of the novel. What heroic behaviors does he display? Why do the younger boys look up to him? What can they learn from his life?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the characters in the novel are united by a sense of belonging or wanting to belong. How is Johnny's story specifically reflective of this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationships between the Curtis brothers. What is Ponyboy's relationship with Darry like? With Soda? How do these relationships change throughout the novel? What events change these relationships, and how?

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