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

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

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

4. How does Dally convince the nurse to let him go to the rumble?

5. Who tells Ponyboy that he will not be going to the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darry do while Ponyboy is sick?

2. What does Dally ask Two-Bit for in the hospital?

3. What do the newspaper articles say about Ponyboy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Explain the similarities between the greasers and the Socs. How are they not really all that different from each other? Why does each group think the other is better off? What specific events or conversations in the novel indicate that the two groups have some things in common?

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

Compare and contrast Ponyboy's sensitivity with the attitudes of those around him. What characters are completely opposite in that they are tough and/or desensitized to their situations? How does Ponyboy's sensitivity help or hurt him throughout the story? How does it make him easier/more difficult for readers to relate to?

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