The Outsiders Test

1.  The protagonist of The Outsiders is

• Johnny Cade
• Ponyboy Curtis
• Dally Winston
• Bob the Soc

2.  The setting of the novel is

• 1950s Orlando, FL
• 1970s Wyomissing, PA
• 1960s Tulsa, OK
• 1980s New York, NY

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

3. What is the major, central conflict of the novel?

• The police don’t like the greasers.
• Bob and Johnny’s fight in the lot.
• The fire breaking out in the church.
• The greasers and the Socs don’t get along

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Identify the speaker of each quote. 
“Stay gold, Ponyboy.  Stay gold."

• Randy the Soc
• Johnny Cade
• Ponyboy Curtis
• Two-Bit Matthews

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the speaker of each quote. 
“I lie to myself all the time.  But I never believe me.”

• Randy the Soc
• Johnny Cade
• Ponyboy Curtis
• Two-Bit Matthews

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the speaker of each quote. 

“Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it’s the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs.”

• Randy the Soc
• Johnny Cade
• Ponyboy Curtis
• Two-Bit Matthews

Identify the speaker of each quote. 
“You know, the only thing that keeps Darry from bein’ a Soc is us.

• Randy the Soc
• Johnny Cade
• Ponyboy Curtis
• Two-bit Matthew

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the speaker of each quote. 

“I was…crazy for wantin’ Johnny to stay outa trouble…If he had been like me he’d never have been in this mess.”

• Sodapop Curtis
• Dallas Winston
• Bob the Soc
• Cherry Valance

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the speaker of each quote. 
“Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you…he don’t mean nothin’…He’s just really proud of you ‘cause you’re so brainy.”

• Sodapop Curtis
• Dallas Winston
• Bob the Soc
• Cherry Valance

Identify the speaker of each quote. 
“I liked you from the start…the way you talked.  You’re a nice kid, Ponyboy.”

• Sodapop Curtis
• Dallas Winston
• Bob the Soc
• Cherry Valance