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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. Who has moved to Florida by Chapter 7?

2. Which of the characters is in critical condition after the fire?

3. Who shoots Dally?

4. Who tells Ponyboy that he is famous and shows him the newspaper article about him and Johnny?

5. What does Cherry tell Ponyboy that the Socs have planned for the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ponyboy get home from the hospital after Johnny's death?

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

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

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

6. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

7. What does Darry do while Ponyboy is sick?

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

9. What happens at Ponyboy's court hearing?

10. What does Dally ask Two-Bit for in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of the novel. What time period is it, and what type of place do the characters live in? What activities, slang, etc. "date" the novel? What impact does this setting have on present-day readers? Is it more difficult to connect with the characters? What significance does the setting have to the events of the novel? Could the events have just as easily happened today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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