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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. What is Ponyboy doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. Where is Dallas Winston from?

3. How do Ponyboy and Johnny get to where they are going after leaving Dally's house?

4. What time does Ponyboy have to be home from the drive-in?

5. Why do the greasers sneak into the drive-in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strikes Johnny about the characters in Gone With The Wind?

2. What do Johnny and Ponyboy do in the vacant lot?

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

4. What is Ponyboy's living arrangement?

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

6. How do Johnny and Ponyboy realize that they are not alone at the park?

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

8. What happens when Ponyboy comes home late in Chapter 3?

9. What happens when Dally tries to give the Soc girls a soda at the drive-in?

10. What does Dally do when Johnny asks if his parents are worried about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationships between the Curtis brothers. What is Ponyboy's relationship with Darry like? With Soda? How do these relationships change throughout the novel? What events change these relationships, and how?

Essay Topic 2

What message is implied at the end of the novel? Is the story intended to inspire hope? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write a critical analysis of the Robert Frost poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" as it relates to The Outsiders.

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