The Outsiders: Chapter 1

Which character was famous for shoplifting and his switch blade?

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

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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

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What happened to Ponyboy's parents?

• They were killed in a drive by
• They left their kids
• Car accident
• They went on a trip and never came back

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Who is the narrator of this story? Through which point of view is this narrator speaking?

• Dally, 1st person POV
• Darry, 3rd person POV
• Ponyboy, 1st person POV
• Soda, 1st person POV

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Which member of the greasers gets jumped by the Socs in the beginning of Chapter 1?

• Ponyboy
• Soda
• Johnny

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Which member of the "greasers" is like everyone's kid brother, gets beat by his father, and ignored by his mother? 

• Steve Randall 
• Johnny Cade
• Dallas Winston
• Ponyboy

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Finish this sentence with the correct word:
"I drew a ________ breath and quit crying. You just don't cry in front of Darry."

• unfathomable
• reckless
• bawling
• quivering

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Sometimes Ponyboy doesn't think that Darry loves him at all because he is so hard on him.  It's almost as if he thinks that Darry thinks Ponyboy is just a disgrace to the family.  If you are a disgrace, you are.....

• The most intelligent person in the world
• Your mother's favorite child
• A shameful person
• A successful business person

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In the exposition, Ponyboy tells us repeatedly, "I don't use my head."  What can we infer that Pony knows?

• Pony knows that he is smart, but he doesn't want the other members of the gang to know. 
• Ponyboy knows that he shouldn't be walking alone because he could easily get jumped by the Socs.
• Ponyboy knows that he should listen to Darry about coming home on time, but he wants to enjoy his alone time. 
• Ponyboy knows that he is careless and reckless in the way that he is currently living his life with his brothers. 

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"So I stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me."--Ponyboy
What is the purpose of the simile in the above quote?

• the author uses the simile to exaggerate the situation between Ponyboy and the Socs
• the author directly compares Ponyboy to his surroundings to show that Ponyboy is fearless
• the author compares Ponyboy to a bump on a log that doesn't move to show that he was frozen in fear
• the author uses the simile to prove that Ponyboy should not have been walking alone

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