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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. What are Ponyboy and Soda supposed to do if the cops show up at the rumble?

2. What is the result of Ponyboy's hearing?

3. Who waits at the hospital with Ponyboy in Chapter 7?

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

5. What does Cherry tell Ponyboy that the Socs have planned for the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the newspaper articles say about Ponyboy?

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

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

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

6. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

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

8. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

9. What does Soda say to Ponyboy and Darry about their fighting?

10. What happens when the police pull Dally and Ponyboy over as they are on the way 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

Discuss the theme of social and/or class division in the novel. Is the rivalry senseless? What motivates the rivalry between groups?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the plot elements of The Outsiders. Identify the impetus for the story, major events, climax, and denouement.

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