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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 gets sick and passes out after Dally dies?

2. What is wrong with Ponyboy after the rumble?

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

4. How does Dally convince the nurse to let him go to the rumble?

5. What caused Ponyboy's injury/illness during the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens at Ponyboy's court hearing?

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

4. Why is Ponyboy sick after the rumble?

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

6. How does Dally get to the rumble?

7. What does Darry do while Ponyboy is sick?

8. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

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

10. What makes Ponyboy realize that Johnny is dying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the plot elements of The Outsiders. Identify the impetus for the story, major events, climax, and denouement.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain the reasons why The Outsiders may or may not belong to the realistic fiction genre? What other genres could it belong to?

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