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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 do the Socs do to Ponyboy at the park?

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

3. Dally says the greasers have a spy on their side. Who is it?

4. After the fight in the park, where do Johnny and Ponyboy go to find help?

5. Who is the only person who can tease Darry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Johnny speaks up to the older boys at the drive-in.

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

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

4. What do Cherry and Ponyboy talk about while getting concessions at the drive-in?

5. What things are Ponyboy thinking about as he sits at the drive-in?

6. Describe the park that Johnny and Ponyboy go to in Chapter 4.

7. Describe the fight between the greasers and the Socs that occurs when Ponyboy is walking home from the movies.

8. Explain how Ponyboy and Johnny are heroic during the fire.

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

10. What injuries do Ponyboy and Johnny sustain in the fire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the characters in the novel are united by a sense of belonging or wanting to belong. How is Johnny's story specifically reflective of this?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast Ponyboy's sensitivity with the attitudes of those around him. What characters are completely opposite in that they are tough and/or desensitized to their situations? How does Ponyboy's sensitivity help or hurt him throughout the story? How does it make him easier/more difficult for readers to relate to?

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