The Outsiders Reading Check - Chapter 1-2

Who is the narrator of the story in The Outsiders?

• Sodapop
• Darry
• Ponyboy
• Johnny

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• Two-Bit
• Dally
• Darry
• Johnny

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• Disgrace
• Winced
• Unfathomable
• Nonchalantly

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• disgrace
• reckless
• unfathomable
• roguishly

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A