The Outsiders Chapter 4

The words used in paragraph 1 of Chapter 4 create a mood of

• boredom

• suspense

• terror

• humor

Which of the following happens first?

• Ponyboy and Johnny leap from the train.

• Ponyboy realizes he is in the country.

• Ponyboy puts Johnny's legs to sleep.

• Johnny wakes Ponyboy up.

When Ponyboy climbs over the barbed-wire fence, he could hear Johnny laughing at him. Johnny laughs at Ponyboy because

• Johnny has made Ponyboy blush by telling him he looks like Soda

• Ponyboy does not realize the true color of his own eyes

• Ponyboy is now taking orders from Johnny

• Ponyboy does not realize Johnny was being sarcastic in comparing him to Soda

"If Johnny got caught, they'd give him the electric chair, and if they caught me, I'd be sent to a reformatory. I'd heard about reformatories from Curly Shepard and I didn't want to go to one at all." The word reformatory is best understood to refer to a place a person is sent for the purpose of

• humiliation

• studying

• correction

• religious training

The reader can tell Ponyboy cares about other people's opinions of him because he

• speaks respectfully to the farmer on the tractor

• worries about being sent to a reformatory

• wishes he could find out his predicament was only a dream

• never returned to church after attending with Soda and his friends

Why were the Socs looking for Johnny and Pony?

• The Socs were bored and wanted to fight

• Johnny and Pony picked up Soc girls at the movies

• Johnny and Pony jumped a Soc earlier that day

What did the Socs say a Greaser was?

• White trash with long hair

• Bad guys from the wrong side of town

• The high school drop outs

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did the Socs try do to Pony?

• Hit him with their car

• Beat him up

• Drown him in the fountain

Who saves Pony?

• Johnny

• Dally

• Sodapop

Who do Johnny and Pony go to for help?

• Sodapop

• Darry

• Dally