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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Johnny and Ponyboy realize they are not alone in the park?
(a) A man walks up behind them.
(b) They hear a car horn.
(c) A child is on the swingset.
(d) Someone calls Ponyboy's name.

2. What does Ponyboy say to hurt Johnny's feelings when they are walking home from the drive-in?
(a) That Johnny isn't wanted at home.
(b) That Ponyboy and Johnny are not friends.
(c) That Marcia doesn't like Johnny.
(d) That Johnny is like a Soc.

3. Who does Ponyboy love the most out of anyone?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Darry.
(c) His parents.
(d) Soda.

4. What story does Ponyboy tell Cherry when they are getting snacks at the drive-in?
(a) He tells her about how his parents died.
(b) He tells her how he got his scars.
(c) He tells her about how Johnny got badly hurt in a fight.
(d) He tells her a made up story about two teenagers who fall in love.

5. Who comes to rescue Ponyboy when he gets jumped while walking home?
(a) His parents.
(b) Soda.
(c) Darry and the rest of the gang.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to go to jail?

2. What does Johnny think he and Ponyboy should do instead of hiding out in the church?

3. Where has Johnny gone when Ponyboy wakes up in the church?

4. Johnny thinks that Dally is so ________ that it scares him.

5. How many brothers does Ponyboy have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ponyboy do when he wakes up in the church?

2. What do Johnny and Ponyboy talk about one morning while watching the sunrise?

3. How does Ponyboy realize that Darry truly cares for him?

4. Describe the gang known as the "greasers".

5. How does Dally approach the Soc girls at the drive-in?

6. What two differences does Cherry point out between the greasers and the Socs?

7. What news does Dally give Ponyboy and Johnny when he comes to see them at the church?

8. Describe the differences in how Ponyboy's two brothers treat him.

9. What happens when Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends show up as they are walking from the drive-in with the greasers?

10. What does Ponyboy tell Cherry and the others about Darry as they are walking to Two-Bit's house?

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