Outsiders Chapters 1-5

What is the setting of The Outsiders?

• New York City, 1968

• Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s.

• Birmingham, Alabama during the 1950s

• Chicago, Illinois, 1946

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

“Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap.” Who said this?

• Marcia

• Dally

• Cherry

• Two-Bit

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why didn’t Pony and Johnny run away from the Socs in the park?

• They were so scared that they could not move.

• Two-Bit told them that he would be there soon.

• They did not want to seem weak by running away.

• It was too late; the Socs were on the way over when Ponyboy and Johnny saw them

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why doesn’t Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?

• He is afraid that he will get into trouble for giving them a weapon

• He is afraid that no one will go and visit Johnny in jail.

• He is afraid that Johnny will become hardened in jail.

• He is afraid that no one will be able to bail Johnny out.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

Johnny thinks Dally is _________ because he took the jail sentence for Two-bit without complaining.

• ornery

• rougish

• gallant

• aloof

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Ponyboy tried to act _______ when Cherry asked him to sit with her, but he could not hide his excitement.

• ornery

• gallantly

• roguishly

• nonchalantly

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How did the beating and threats from the Socs affect Johnny’s personality?

• They made him indifferent and now he is unable to care for anyone.

• They made him nervous and now he carries a blade and uses it for defense.

• They made him forgetful and now he can’t even recall the incident.

• They made him angry and now he searches the town for Socs to jump to get even.

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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

Why does Ponyboy decide to run away?

• Darry hits him for coming home late

• He got in a fight with Sodapop

• He is tired of getting jumped by the Socs

• He is following Johnny

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What is an allusion?

• to evade or escape from

• a deceptive appearance or impression

• an indirect or passing reference

• beg someone earnestly or desperately

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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

What is the tone of the novel?

• The tone is optimistic because there is no negativity in the world of the Greasers.

• The tone is pessimistic because the characters are always upset and feeling down.

• The tone is realistic because the author tried to make her characters true to life.

• The tone is energetic because Ponyboy does not have any time to stop and think.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9