The Outsiders Reading Quiz

Ponyboy's parents

• Were killed in an auto accident

• Were divorced

• Placed all three brothers up for adoption

• Gave up raising them and moved away

The first time Ponyboy was jumped,

• His friend, Johnny, saved him

• His younger brother, sodapop, saved him

• His older brother, Darry, saved him

• He escaped harm by running away

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While he was in school, Darry, Ponyboys brother, was

• Captain of the football team

• Expelled for a knife fight in the parking lot

• Recruiting younger kids to join the greasers

• Valedictorian

The Soc that Ponyboy and Sodapop meet at the drive-in is

• Alayna Grellner

• Sharesse Smith

• Julianna Cade

• Cherry Valance

Cherry believes the biggest difference between socs and greasers is that

• Socs are richer

• Socs are smarter

• Greasers have difficult family struggles

• Greasers are more emotional

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Ponyboy ran away from home because

• His dad threatened to harm him

• Darry threatened to kick him out

• Darry slapped him

• Sodapop told Dally he was with a Soc

Mickey Mouse was

• The name of Sodapop's horse

• The name of a greaser that was killed by a Soc

• The name of a Soc that was killed by a greaser

• The nickname Ponyboy's father called him

The fight between the Socs and Ponyboy and Johnny started with

• Johnny cutting a Soc with his switch-blade

• A Soc shoving Ponyboy's face into the fountain

• A Soc swinging a baseball bat at Johnny

• Ponyboy swinging a chain at a Soc

In a fight at the water fountain, Johnny

• Killed Bob with a knife

• Ran for help

• Was the first to see the policeman

• Accidentally left his blue-jeans jacket

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After the fight at the water fountain, Ponyboy and Johnny hid in

• Two-Bit's garage

• Dally's basement

• An abandoned city building

• An abandoned church