The Outsiders Ch. 4-6 Quiz

Read these sentences from chapter four:  "Five Socs were coming straight at us, and from the way they were staggering I figured they were reeling pickled.  That scared me.  A cool deadly bluff could sometimes shake them off, but not if they outnumbered you five to two and were drunk." Based on context clues, what does "reeling pickled" mean?

• angry
• drunk
• bluffing
• swearing

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why didn't Pony and Johnny run away from the Socs?

• They were so scared that they couldn't move.
• Two-Bit told them that he would be there soon.
• It was too late; they were on the way over when they saw them. 

According to Ponyboy, what punishment would Johnny face if convicted?

• life in Jail
• 20 years in a reform school
• lethal injection
• electric chair

Dally said to Ponyboy when he realized he was wet, "You'll die of pneumonia 'fore the cops ever get you."  Which figurative language device is being used here?

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What did dally give the boys?

• money, dry clothes, a loaded gun, and a plan
• money, cigarettes, and the name of someone to contact
• cigarettes, an unloaded gun, and some food

Where do the boy's run away to following the death of the Soc?

• an abandoned church on Jay's Mountain
• an abandoned house on Jay's mountain
• an empty lot
• an abandoned warehouse in Windrixville

What is a "premonition"? *hint: Jonny has one about the church

• a career advancement
• a positive, happy feeling
• a feeling that something bad is going to happen
• a glimpse into the past 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What did the boys do to pass the time?

• go for long walks and watch the sunset
• play cards and read Gone With the Wind
• watch television and play "truth or dare"

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What part of the plot is going on now?

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Who did Johnny say was "gallant" like a southern gentleman?

• Darry
• Ponyboy
• Dally
• Two-Bit