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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 wins the rumble?

2. What prognosis do the doctors give the critically injured character in Chapter 7?

3. How does Ponyboy respond to Darry's scolding in Chapter 11?

4. Where does Dally make the cops chase him to?

5. Who is the youngest boy at the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darry do while Ponyboy is sick?

2. What makes Ponyboy realize that Johnny is dying?

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

4. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

5. Explain how Dally dies.

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

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

8. How does Ponyboy get home from the hospital after Johnny's death?

9. Why doesn't Darry want Ponyboy to fight in 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

What storytelling techniques are used in The Outsiders? Discuss foreshadowing, the frame story, flashbacks, etc.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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