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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. How many Socs show up at the rumble?

2. What do Two-Bit and Ponyboy do before going back to the hospital?

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

4. What kind of car does Buck Merrill drive?

5. When is Ponyboy supposed to go to court?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the rumble get started?

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

5. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

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

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

8. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

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

10. How does Dally get to the rumble?

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

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

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

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