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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 are Ponyboy and Soda supposed to do if the cops show up at the rumble?

2. When he reads the newspaper stories about the fire, where does Ponyboy learn that he has to go?

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

4. Why does Ponyboy call Cherry a traitor?

5. What does Ponyboy ask Two-Bit to do for him before the rumble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Soda say to Ponyboy and Darry about their fighting?

2. How does the rumble get started?

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

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

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

6. What makes Ponyboy realize that Johnny is dying?

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

8. What prognosis do the doctors give Johnny?

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

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

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

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 3

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

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