Final Assessment

The warfare between the Greasers and the Socs grows out of

• conflict between upper class rich and lower class poor kids.
• gang rivalry between two gangs for the same “turf.”
• school rivalry.
• racial conflict.

To Ponyboy’s surprise, Johnny enjoys

• listening to his reading Gone With the Wind aloud.
• listening to stories about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
• swapping jokes and stories about their families and friends.
• Hot Cheetos and Sprite.

A week after Bob’s death, Johnny decides that it would be best

• to remain hidden until the police stopped looking for them.
• to hop a freight train and to Texas to hide.
• to turn themselves in to the police.
• to return to town and deny any involvement in Bob’s death.

Dally is afraid that jail will

• kill Johnny.
• reform Johnny.
• harden Johnny into a juvenile delinquent like him.
• make Johnny a more sensitive human being.

Johnny is fatally injured when

• he participates in a rumble against the Socs.
• he becomes involved in a gun battle with the police.
• the Socs catch him alone and brutally beat him.
• a burning timber falls on him and breaks his back.

Ponyboy realizes that Darry really loves him when

• Darry saves him from serious injury.
• he sees Darry crying at the hospital.
• Darry lets him eat chocolate cake for breakfast.
• Darry tells him he can come and go as he pleases now.

Even before the rumble between the greasers and the Socs, Ponyboy realizes that

• a skin fight is the only way to establish each group’s respective territories.
• the Socs will not honor the terms that the war councils have agreed to.
• revenge is justified if your friends have been attacked.
• violence accomplishes nothing.

According to Randy, Bob really wanted his parents

• to give him everything he wanted.
• to leave him completely alone.
• to give him some rules and guidelines.
• to provide him with anything money can buy.

Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy are:

• “You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you.”
• “I was crazy; you know that.”
• “You can see the sunset real good from the West Side.”
• “Stay gold.”

The only thing Dally truly loves is

• Johnny.
• Ponyboy.
• himself.
• violence.