The Outsiders Final

Before Cherry got into the car with the Soc boys, she said, “Ponyboy... I mean... if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don't say hi, well, it's not personal or anything, but...” Why did she say this? 

• Cherry was older than Ponyboy, so she didn't want to associate with him at school.
• Cherry knew that Ponyboy was dangerous, so she made a decision not to talk to him.
•  Cherry believed if she talked to Ponyboy, her boyfriend Bob would “jump” him.
• Cherry knew that her friends and family wouldn't approve of her friendship with Ponyboy.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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Which line from the text supports your answer to the question above? 

• “He [Two-Bit] snatched up an empty bottle, busted off the end, and gave it to me, then reached in his back pocket and flipped out his switchblade.”
• “'No, ' Cherry cried.  'Stop it!' She looked at Bob.  'We'll ride home with you.'”
• “The mustang came to a halt beside us, and the two boys in the front seat got out.  They were Socs all right.”
• “'It was because we're greasers,' Johnny said... 'We could have hurt her reputation.'”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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After Johnny killed Bob, Ponyboy and Johnny did not go to the police. Why? *

• They believed Johnny would be put on death row for murder.
•  Dally cared more about them than anybody else in the gang, and he would know better than the police what they should do.
• The police officers were corrupt, and the boys knew that they couldn't trust any cops.
• Johnny was scared that the police would tell his parents and that they would beat him again.

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Which line from the text supports your answer to the question above? *

• “His [Johnny's] father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him....”
•  “... you can't win against them [Socs] no matter how hard you try, because they've got all the breaks....”
•  “'Johnny,'...,'What are we gonna do? They put you in the electric chair for killing people!'”
• “Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still.”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

S. E. Hinton uses symbolism to separate the Socs from the greasers. Choose the items that are symbolic to the greasers only. 

• madras, East Side, long hair
• Corvairs, West Side, madras
• East Side, long hair, leather jackets
• East Side, Corvairs, long hair

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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What was S. E. Hinton's purpose when she included a conversation about sunsets between Ponyboy and Cherry? *

• To show that Ponyboy and Cherry both watched sunsets.
• To explain that sunsets are important to both greasers and Socs.
• To symbolize that all people, rich and poor, have some things in common.
• To demonstrate that sunsets mean different things to everyone.

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Which line from the story supports your answer to the question above? *

• “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one.”
• “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different.  We saw the same sunset.”
•  “Maybe Cherry stood still and watched the sen set while she was supposed to be taking the garbage out.”
• 'I [Cherry] used to watch them, too, before I got so busy.'”

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When the church caught on fire, Ponyboy and Johnny ran in to save the kids. How was Johnny different in that moment than he was in the beginning of the novel? *

• Johnny was scared and begging Ponyboy to get out of the burning building.
• Johnny became heroic and showed a confidence that had not been there before.
• Johnny showed cruelty towards the kids, the same kind of cruelty that the Socs showed the greasers.
• Johnny was indifferent; he didn't care if the kids made it out alive.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Which line from the novel supports your answer to the question above? *

• “One was screaming his head off, and Johnny yelled, 'Shut up! We're goin' to get you out!'”

• “He [Johnny]... saw that the door was blocked by flames, then pushed open the window and tossed out the nearest kid.”

• “He [Johnny] wasn't scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes.”

• “He [Johnny] looked like he was having the time of his life.”

In Chapter 10, Dally made a spontaneous decision to rob a grocery store. What event happened that prompted him to make this irrational decision?

• Dally was excited after the rumble with the Socs, so he decided to rob a store to keep his “high.”
• Cherry asked Dally to take her out on a date, so he robbed the store to pay for the date.
• Dally wanted to be in the newspaper, so Dally robbed the store so they'd write an article about him.
• Johnny died from his wounds, so Dally robbed the store because his grief made him reckless.

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