The Outsiders Reading Check - Chapter 1-2

Who is the narrator of the story in The Outsiders?

• Sodapop
• Darry
• Ponyboy
• Johnny

What is a greaser?  

• tough guy, usually poor, common name for a "bad" guy in the 50s - 60s
• higher class kids, even though there wasn't consequences, they often behaved badly
• slave traders, before the 16th century
• Elvis Presley's groupies

What happened to the narrator on the way home from the movies at the beginning of Chapter 1?

• He gets lost and some guys give him a ride home.
• He gets jumped by a group of "socials" and his friends come to his rescue.
• He gets kicked out of school for being a "hood".
• He falls asleep at the movie and gets yelled at by his brother when he gets home.

What character is MOST similar - in both appearance and personality - to the narrator?

• Two-Bit
• Dally
• Darry
• Johnny

What is the narrator's relationship to Darry and Sodapop?

• They are brothers.
• They are friends.
• They are from rival gangs.
• They don't know each other.

Why does the gang treat Johnny like their "pet" or a sad "puppy"?

• He is too weak and scared to defend himself.
• He carries a switchblade (knife) and the gang is scared of him.
• He is the youngest of the gang, and too little to defend himself.
• He was viciously beaten by the Socs and he gets beat at home by his father and ignored by his mother.

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.  
The Socs get editorials in the paper for being a public _________ one day and an asset to society the next.

• Disgrace
• Reckless
• Winced
• Nonchalantly

 Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. 
He has a sensitive face that somehow manages to be ________ and thoughtful at the same time.

• Disgrace
• Reckless
• Winced
• greaser

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. 
He liked fights, blondes, and for some ________________ reason, school. 

• Disgrace
• Winced
• Unfathomable
• Nonchalantly

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.
Dally grinned ________, "I'm never nice."

• disgrace
• reckless
• unfathomable
• roguishly