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S. E. Hinton

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1. Who is the second-youngest member of the greasers?

(A) Johnny

(B) Two-Bit

(D) Sodapop

2. In which town is the abandoned church where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out located?

(A) Tonkawa

(B) Guthrie

(D) Bartlesville

3. In which sport does Ponyboy participate?

(A) Football

(B) Track

(D) Gymnastics

4. What is the name of Sodapop's horse?

(A) Daniel

(B) Captain Steve

(D) Mickey Mouse

5. What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East Side and the West Side?

(A) Sunsets

(B) Rainbows

(D) The moon

6. What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read in the church?

(A) How the West Was Won

(B) Rumble Fish

(D) Great Expectations

7. Who kills Dally?

(A) Darry

(B) The police

(D) A drunk driver

8. How does Darry know Paul Holden, his first opponent at the rumble?

(A) They played football together in high school.

(B) Paul jumped Darry once.

(D) Darry dated Paul's sister.

9. Who is Randy?

(A) A greaser from an enemy gang

(B) A Soc who refuses to fight in the rumble

(D) None of the above

10. Why does Sodapop's girlfriend Sandy move to Florida?

(A) To go to college

(B) Because her parents are moving

(D) Because she is pregnant

11. Who is the father of Sandy's baby?

(A) It is not revealed.

(B) Sodapop

(D) Mr. Syme

12. With what does Ponyboy threaten the Socs who approach him outside of the convenience store?

(A) A switch-blade

(B) A gun

(D) An arrest warrant

13. How does Ponyboy get a concussion?

(A) A roof beam falls on him during the fire.

(B) A Soc hits him with a lead pipe.

(D) He falls down a staircase in the fire.

14. Which character dies first?

(A) Johnny

(B) Bob

(D) Nobody dies

15. Who is Randy's girlfriend?

(A) Cherry

(B) Sandy

(D) Marcia

16. Which character has movie-star good looks?

(A) Sodapop

(B) Two-Bit

(D) Cherry

17. What is Two-Bit's most prized possession?

(A) His 1920 silver dollar

(B) His silver-plated .45

(D) His mother's locket

18. How old is Darry?

(A) Twenty-three

(B) Twenty

(D) Eighteen

19. Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in?

(A) Their boyfriends left because they did not like the movies that were playing.

(B) Their boyfriends walked off with two other girls from their high school.

(D) The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out their boyfriends had booze.

20. When did Ponyboy's recurring nightmares begin?

(A) The night of his parents' funeral

(B) The night Johnny killed Bob

(D) The night he met Cherry Valance

21. What kind of car does Cherry drive?

(A) A Mustang

(B) A Corvette

(D) A Ferrari

22. Who bleaches Ponyboy's hair?

(A) Sodapop

(B) Marcia

(D) Dally

23. How did the Curtis brothers' parents die?

(A) In a car accident

(B) In a roller-coaster accident

(D) In a horse-riding accident

24. What is Ponyboy's real name?

(A) Frederick

(B) Walter

(D) Ponyboy

25. Where did Dally live right before moving to Ponyboy's town?

(A) New Orleans

(B) Dallas

(D) Tuscaloosa

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