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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. Who is present at Ponyboy's hearing?
(a) Everyone in town.
(b) No one.
(c) The people involved in Bob's murder and Ponyboy's doctor.
(d) Just Darry and Soda.

2. Who does Ponyboy go to the grocery store with in Chapter 12?
(a) Steve and Two-Bit.
(b) Randy and Darry.
(c) Cherry and Marcia.
(d) Soda and Sandy.

3. What prognosis do the doctors give the critically injured character in Chapter 7?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He needs brain surgery.
(c) If he lives, he will be crippled for the rest of his life.
(d) He will be able to go home soon.

4. How does Dally convince the nurse to let him go to the rumble?
(a) With Two-Bit's knife.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) By paying her.
(d) He makes up a story about Ponyboy being hurt.

5. 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) He beat them up in the rumble.
(b) They think he is a snob.
(c) They say he killed their friend.
(d) They are afraid of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Ponyboy get home before the rumble?

2. Who speaks to the judge before the hearing begins?

3. Who has moved to Florida by Chapter 7?

4. Who is delusional about Johnny's death?

5. What does Darry scold Ponyboy for doing in bed after the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Ponyboy realize that Johnny is dying?

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

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

4. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

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

6. What happens when the police pull Dally and Ponyboy over as they are on the way to the hospital?

7. What do Ponyboy and Randy talk about when Randy comes to visit him?

8. How does the rumble get started?

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

10. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

(see the answer keys)

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