The Outsiders Ch. 1-3, vocab, allusions (Honors)

People will assume things about you based on what you have done in the past. This is why you need to keep a good _______________ .

• reputation
• group of friends
• situation
• model

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"You're bleedin' like a stuck pig."

The best explanation for the allusion above is

• he needs to immediately go to the hospital to survive

• he is not actually bleeding at all

• he is bleeding a little bit

• he is bleeding profusely (a lot)

"Oh, there are a few named gangs around, like the River Kings and the Tiber Street Tigers, but here in the Southwest there's no gang rivalry."

What is the best definition for the underlined word above?

• cooperation

• competition

• collaboration

• championship

In one of Aesop's fables, four animals go hunting under the assumption that they will split their prize equally, but the lion, the most powerful animal, takes more than the other members of the group.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

My older brother takes the lion's share of the space in our bedroom.

• an equal amount

• a tiny bit

• an even split

• the largest portion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the story A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, a penny-pinching and bitter Ebenezer Scrooge values money more than people.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Our neighbor has a reputation for being a Scrooge, so we don't even stop at his door any more when we're fundraising.

• generous

• kind

• stingy

• jealous

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

not able to be understood

• unfathomable

• nonchalant

• dumbfounded

• ornery

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Who was jumped and found wheezing in the Vacant Lot?

• Ponyboy
• Johnny
• Dally
• Soda

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Who is the narrator of The Outsiders?

• Dally
• Ponyboy
• Two-bit
• Soda

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does Johnny do at the drive-in movie theatre that leads you to conclude that he is not shy and quiet?

• Johnny talks dirty to the soshy girls
• Johnny begins to cry
• Johnny goes and get pop corn with Cherry Valance
• Johnny stands up to Dally and tells him to leave the girls alone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Cherry say to Ponyboy that makes him realize that Greasers and Socs are not so different?

• "I know better now"
• Paul Newman and a ride home
• "Things are rough all over"
• "I wouldn't take that if I was stranded in a desert.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3