The Outsiders- Chpt 1 Quiz

“Soda is handsomer than anyone else I know. Not like Darry- Soda’s movie-star kind of handsome, the kind that people stop on the street to watch go by.” (Hinton 7) is an example of which literary device?

• Imagery
• Indirect Characterization
• Similie
• Metaphor
  

“ If I had to pick the real character of the gang, it would be Dallas Winston-Dally. I used to like to draw his picture when he was in a dangerous mood, for then I could get his personality down in a few lines. He had an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small sharp animal teeth,and ears like a lynx.” (Hinton 10) is an example of which literary device?

• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Simile
• Indirect Characterization

“Or I could have gotten one of the gang to come along, one of the four boys Darry and Soda and I have grown up with and consider family.We’re almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well.”(Hinton 3) In this quote, what does the word, tight-knit, mean?

• A district, especially one forming a community within a town or city.
• People who oppose or take arms against the government or rule.
• A group of people who are united or bound together by strong relationships and common interests.
• A group of people of one nationality or ethnic group, living in a foreign city or country.

“I was plannin’ on getting boozed up tomorrow night,” Two-bit said. “If I don’t, I’ll walk over and find y’all.”(Hinton 14) In this quote, what does the word boozed mean?

• Making people be afraid or anxious.
• Drink alcohol, even in large quantities.
• To rapidly inhale a cigarette’s fumes.
• Tired and impatient about something.

In Chapter 1, around what time of day is Ponyboy walking out of the movies?

• In the afternoon.
• While school’s going on.
• In the middle of the night.
• Up in the morning.

Which character was famous for shoplifting and his switch blade?

• Darry
• Dallas
• Steve Randle
• Two-Bit Mathews

Which two said they would come with Dally to the ‘Nightly Double’ the next day?

• Ponyboy & Soda
• Darry & Dally
• Ponyboy & Johnny
• Two-Bit & Steve

What car did the Socs Drive before jumping Ponyboy?

• Blue Mustang
  
• Silver Iso Grifo
  
• Red Corvair
  
• Yellow Camaro
  

What two things had Pony been thinking about after the movie?

• Paul Newman and what everyone else is doing
• Getting home and Paul Newman
• Him and the gang
• The movie and how good it was

Which character is being described? “ He was cocky, smart, and Soda’s best buddy since grade school.-He could lift a hubcap quicker and more quietly than anyone in the neighborhood, but he also knew cars upside-down and backward,and he could drive anything on wheels. ( Hinton 9)

• Dally 
• Two-Bit
• Soda
•  Steve