What is the resolution of the novel ?

When Ponyboy writes his “theme” (essay) for school

Randy is unable to forgive Johnny.

Randy is trying to cover up for Bob

At the end of his visit with Randy at the Tasty Freeze, what does Ponyboy conclude about him ?

He is unable to forgive Johnny.

He is trying to cover up for Bob.

He is a mean, cold blooded Soc.

Ponyboy looks at Bob’s picture in the yearbook and…

Tries to see Bob through the eyes of others.

Is overcome with guilt for Bob’s death and starts to sob uncontrollably.

Sees it change to a picture of Johnny.

What caused Ponyboy to run away from home ?

Cherry asked him to go with her.

23. What is the climax of the story ?

When the greasers win the rumble

Why was Pony upset about getting a haircut ?

He was proud of his “trademark/Greaser” hair.

Because Johnny and Pony ran away.

He didn’t want Cherry to see him like that.

Why do we not “see” Bob getting stabbed by Johnny at the park ?

The narrator, Ponyboy, was unconscious during the stabbing, therefore the reader didn’t “see” it happen

a. The author felt it was too violent to include in the book.

This was a literary devise used by the author called flashback

It never really happened. It was only a dream.

Why did Dally rob the grocery store and then raise his unloaded gun to the police ?

Dally forgot his gun was unloaded.

Dally was just an ordinary criminal

Dally was a dare-devil always testing the limits of his power.

Why does Ponyboy get jumped by the Socs in the exposition (first scene) of the novel ?

He was walking alone after seeing a movie.

How and why does Ponyboy’s opinion of the Socs change ?

He sees that they have problems just like everyone else after getting to know Cherry and Randy

He feels sorry for Bob and sees that he really was a nice guy.

He sees that they are just a bunch of punks.

It doesn’t change. He was right about them all along.

Which theme from The Outsiders is illustrated by the following example ? Cherry dislikes herself for raving about a beer blast when she doesn’t really enjoy them.

Trying to conform to the customs and rules of a group can create problems for an individual.

Adapting to life may mean sacrificing your humanity and getting tough.

Maturing means becoming sensitive to others as individuals.

A flashback scene occurs in the novel when…

Ponyboy explains to Cherry how Johnny was beaten.

Soda thinks about his future with Sandy

Johnny is in the hospital thinking about his mother

Ponyboy imagines how life on a farm would be

Which theme from The Outsiders is illustrated by the following example ? Pony protests that the Socs have all the advantages .

The deepest love is often hidden

Adapting to life may mean sacrificing your humanity and getting tough

Which theme from The Outsiders is illustrated by the following example ? Johnny pleads with Pony to “stay gold”.

Idealism (innocence) is a gift; stay true to yourself.

The deepest love is often hidden.

Life isn’t fair; like it or lump it

What does the following quote foreshadow ? “ And Johnny, who was the most law- abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He’d use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body.”

This foreshadows that there will be much bloodshed later which may have been caused by his own hand.

This foreshadows the flight of Johnny and Pony after Johnny kills Bob.

This foreshadows that Pony will later meet a couple of Soc girls, Marcia and Cherry.

This foreshadows that Johnny will indeed use his switchblade later to protect Ponyboy.

Which of the following factored into shaping Johnny’s shy, nervous personality?

Sneaking into the drive-in movie

Which theme from The Outsiders is illustrated by the following example? Pony can better cope with Bob’s death once he sees the cocky, scared boy behind Bob’s Soc image .

Adapting to life may mean sacrificing your humanity and getting tough.

Trying to conform to the customs and rules of a group can create problems for an individual.

Maturing means becoming sensitive to others as individual. c.

A hero is not measured by image but by deeds.

How does Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” relate to The Outsiders ?

Ponyboy learns that good things in life don’t last.

Ponyboy learns to choose a new friend.

Ponyboy learns to fake his emotions.

Ponyboy learns that flowers are beautiful.

What does Cherry mean when she says “things are rough all over”?

Despite appearances, everyone has problems.

A hero is not measured by image but by deeds.

Don’t get too hard and rough.

She feels bad that her life is perfect and Pony’s is so rough.

The Outsiders Novel Test

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is Randy’s opinion about Johnny and Ponyboy saving those kids?

Randy says that he wouldn’t have done it and couldn’t believe Greasers would save kids.

Randy thinks they were foolish to run into a burning building.

He says that they were crazy to risk their lives

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Johnny’s note to Ponyboy made several points. Which one is NOT one of Johnny’s points?

There is still good in the world.

He forgives his mother and father.

Pony can make whatever he wants of his life.

He didn’t mind dying for those kids

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the “country” a symbol for in the novel?

peace

war

childhood

family

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do Ponyboy and Darry agree to do for Soda’s sake?

Stop fighting.

Help him get over Sandy.

Save money to buy Soda a horse.

Make him go back to school to continue his education

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why wouldn’t Cherry go visit Johnny in the hospital?

She couldn’t make time to go see him. She was too busy.

She was afraid that she would try to kill him.

Johnny killed Bob; she couldn’t bring herself to look at him.

She didn’t like hospitals.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What did Pony decide was the reason Dally couldn’t take Johnny’s death?

Dally made Johnny go back into the burning building and was therefore the cause of Johnny’s death.

Dally couldn’t deal with any kind of death.

Dally couldn’t handle reality.

Johnny was the only person Dally loved.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

For Ponyboy and Cherry, sunsets are a symbol of:

conforming to the world and others.

their worlds may be different, but they have many things in common.

the Greasers and Socs are both sensitive to others.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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The Outsiders Novel Test

What is Randy’s opinion about Johnny and Ponyboy saving those kids?

Johnny’s note to Ponyboy made several points. Which one is NOT one of Johnny’s points?

What is the “country” a symbol for in the novel?

What do Ponyboy and Darry agree to do for Soda’s sake?

Why wouldn’t Cherry go visit Johnny in the hospital?

What did Pony decide was the reason Dally couldn’t take Johnny’s death?

For Ponyboy and Cherry, sunsets are a symbol of:

What is the resolution of the novel?

At the end of his visit with Randy at the Tasty Freeze, what does Ponyboy conclude about him?

Ponyboy looks at Bob’s picture in the yearbook and…

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