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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWho is the narrator of this story?DallyDarryPonyboySoda
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow did Ponyboy's parents die?In an airplane crashIn a skiing accidentIn an auto wreckThey drowned
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich member of the greasers gets jumped by the Socs in the beginning of Chapter 1?PonyboySodaJohnny
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the setting of Chapter 2?ParkDrive-In MovieEmpty lot beside the houseThe DX where Soda works
- 5. Multiple ChoiceCherry Valence says, "Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap," to Dally when he is being rude at the drive in. What inference can we make about Cherry based on her dialogue above?Cherry is shy and timidCherry always speaks her mind even if it's to a "hood"Cherry likes to see how far she can push peopleCherry is stubborn and vicious
- 6. Multiple Choice"And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He'd use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. They had scared him that much. He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body..."
The author most likely includes this passage for which of the following reasons?to foreshadow an event to come laterto show that Johnny is always preparedto add danger and suspense to the novel to make sure the reader keeps readingnone of the above - 7. Multiple ChoiceIn Chapter 2, Ponyboy explains how Johnny got severely beaten by a group of Socs. This event happened in the past, but Ponyboy explains it as if it is going on in real time. This is an example of which literary element?alliterationonomatopoeiaforeshadowingflashback
- 8. Multiple Choice"Shut up talkin' like that," Two-Bit said fiercely, messing up Johnny's hair. "We couldn't get along without you, so you can just shut up!"
What does this dialogue reveal about Two-Bit and Johnny's relationship?Two bit and Johnny fight a lot because they are brothers.Two-Bit is tired of listening to Johnny talk.Two-Bit is mad at Johnny.Two-Bit is protective of Johnny. - 9. Multiple ChoiceOn page 48, paragraph 3, Ponyboy is remembering how everyone used to love his mom. He uses the phrase, 'My mother was golden and beautiful.'
What is Hinton's purpose for using this phrase?To illustrate how the sun looked when she had died.To show that Dally had been in love with Ponyboy's mother.To show that her hair had been golden.To allude to how good and kind Ponyboy's mother had been. - 10. Multiple Choice
When Darry slaps Ponyboy at the end of Chapter 3, how does this incident propel the action of the novel forward?
Dally tells Ponyboy that he didn't mean to hit him, but Ponyboy doesn't believe him
It causes Ponyboy to run away with Cherry
Ponyboy heads to the park with Johnny
If Darry hadn't hit Ponyboy, he wouldn't have run to the park.
- 11. Multiple Choice
"If Johnny got caught, they'd give him the electric chair, and if they caught me, I'd be sent to a reformatory. I'd heard about reformatories from Curly Shepard and I didn't want to go to one at all." The word reformatory is best understood to refer to a place a person is sent for the purpose of
humiliation
studying
correction
religious training
- 12. Multiple Choice
What did Johnny announce after his fifth barbecue sandwich?
He was stuffed full and had never had such delicious food.
He was ready for part 2 of their plan.
He wanted them to go back and turn themselves in.
He was going to throw up.
- 13. Multiple Choice
When Dally finally arrives at the church, what news did he bring?
The police are looking for them in Texas.
Cherry is a spy for the Greasers.
The Socs and the Greasers are having a rumble the next night.
All of the above.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Johnny and Ponyboy disguise themselves by doing what?
dressing up like farm boys
cutting their hair
dying Pony's hair
Both B and C
- 15. Multiple Choice
Dallas tells the boys that he is carrying an unloaded gun because...
he has no money to buy bullets
it is good in a bluff to scare off the socs
he collects guns for a hobby
he plans to kill a soc
- 16. Multiple Choice
What does Dally fear will happen to Johnny if Johnny carries out his plans?
He will become a sociopath
He will get beaten by his parents if he goes home
The socs will kill him
he will become hardened in jail
- 17. Multiple Choice
The lines "he'd beat the tar out of me" and "He was still swearing at me" suggest that Dally
is concerned for Ponyboy's safety
feels contempt for what Ponyboy and Johnny did
is unwilling to help strangers
feels guilty for hitting Ponyboy
- 18. Multiple Choice
A primary cause of the conflict between Ponyboy and Darry is
Darry's obvious preference for Soda over Ponyboy
Darry's resentment of having to assume a parental role
Ponyboy's insistence on rebelling against any authority figure
Ponyboy's lack of understanding of Darry's motives
- 19. Multiple Choice
The climax of the scene with Ponyboy and his brothers occurs when
Soda gives Ponyboy a bear hug and swings him around
Ponyboy runs to Darry and hugs him
Ponyboy realizes that Darry is crying
Soda comments on the change to Ponyboy's hair
- 20. Multiple Choice
"I had taken the long around, but I was finally home." When Ponyboy says he is finally home he is referring to being
back in the city
with his two brothers
at his own house
reunited with the greasers
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