The Outsiders Chapters 4-9 Comprehension Quiz

The Outsiders Chapters 4-9 Comprehension Quiz

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English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.3, RL.9-10.3, RL.8.1

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Channing Alston

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Ponyboy describes the shirt Dally loans him as being '...about sixty-million sizes too big.'
What literary device is this?
alliteration
allusion
imagery
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In the quote below, what is the meaning of the word “apprehensive”?

“Buck glared at me for a second, then stumbled off. He was pretty well crocked, which made me apprehensive. If Dally was drunk and in a dangerous mood…”
Drunk
Bored
Nervous
Excited

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Dallas tells the boys that he is carrying an unloaded gun because...

he has no money to buy bullets

it is good in a bluff to scare off the socs

he collects guns for a hobby

he plans to kill a soc

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Shut up talkin' like that," Two-Bit said fiercely, messing up Johnny's hair. "We couldn't get along without you, so you can just shut up!"
What does this dialogue reveal about Two-Bit and Johnny's relationship? 
Two bit and Johnny fight a lot because they are brothers.
Two-Bit is tired of listening to Johnny talk.
Two-Bit is mad at Johnny.
Two-Bit is protective of Johnny.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

On page 48, paragraph 3, Ponyboy is remembering how everyone used to love his mom. He uses the phrase, 'My mother was golden and beautiful.' 
What is Hinton's purpose for using this phrase?
To illustrate how the sun looked when she had died.
To show that Dally had been in love with Ponyboy's mother.
To show that her hair had been golden.
To allude to how good and kind Ponyboy's mother had been.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When Darry slaps Ponyboy at the end of Chapter 3, how does this incident propel the action of the novel forward?

Dally tells Ponyboy that he didn't mean to hit him, but Ponyboy doesn't believe him

It causes Ponyboy to run away with Cherry

It causes Ponyboy and Johnny to run away to Windrixville.

If Darry hadn't hit Ponyboy, he wouldn't have run to the park.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

"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

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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