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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. Ponyboy tells Randy that Johnny isn't ______.
(a) Dead.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Poor.
(d) Alive.

2. While Ponyboy is sitting on the car at the grocery store in Chapter 12, three Socs pull up. Why don't these three Socs like him?
(a) They are afraid of him.
(b) He beat them up in the rumble.
(c) They say he killed their friend.
(d) They think he is a snob.

3. What is the result of Ponyboy's hearing?
(a) He goes to jail.
(b) He gets put in a foster home.
(c) He is acquitted.
(d) He has to do community service.

4. Where does Dally make the cops chase him to?
(a) The hospital.
(b) His house.
(c) The school.
(d) The vacant lot.

5. When he reads the newspaper stories about the fire, where does Ponyboy learn that he has to go?
(a) Juvenile court.
(b) Back to school.
(c) Texas.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the youngest boy at the rumble?

2. Why does Ponyboy have to write a semester theme?

3. How long does Ponyboy stay in bed after the rumble?

4. Who does Johnny leave with a copy of Gone With the Wind for Ponyboy?

5. Why can't Ponyboy speak when he hears of Johnny's condition?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Ponyboy realize that Johnny is dying?

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

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

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

6. What happens at Ponyboy's court hearing?

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

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

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

10. How does the rumble get started?

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