The Outsiders Chapter 1 - 5

The most likely reason Darry was so hard on his brothers was because...

• Their parents had died and Darry had to take on a lot of responsibility

• He was always bewildered and didn't really care about Ponyboy

• He thought his brothers were defiant

• He couldn't go to college because of them

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Cherry is different from the other Socs because

• She does not judge Ponyboy and Johnny based on stereotypes
• She actually tries to get to know Ponyboy
• She tries to tell Ponyboy that both Greasers and Socs face problems 
• All the options are correct

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The last sentences of Chapter 3 is, "Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong." This is an example of

• plot action 
• climax
• alliteration
• foreshadowing 

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The reason why Ponyboy was against cutting or bleaching his hair was because 

• For Ponyboy his long hair was symbolic of his identity
• His father had the same long hair
• He thought he looked ugly with shorter hair
• It was part of the gangster image

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“An 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.  They had scared him that much.  He would kill the next person who jumped him.  Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again.  Not over his dead body…”
Of what is this passage an example?

• Metaphor
• Foreshadowing
• Simile
• Flashback

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“His eyes were wild-looking, like the eyes of an animal in a trap.” What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence?

• metaphor 
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile

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"Dally handed me a shirt - about sixty million sizes too big" is an example of...

• satire
• foreshadowing
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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How did Ponyboy describe their new haircuts?

• like being a 12 year old boy
• he said nothing about their haircuts
• like being in a Halloween costume you can't get out of
• they looked silly

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What are Ponyboy and Johnny looking at when Ponyboy recites the line "Nothing gold can stay"?

• The sunrise.
• Ponyboy's hair.
• The falling leaves.
• The windows of the church.

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When Dally gives the boys guns, money, and directions to Jay Mountain, we can infer all except

• Dally is not concerned about breaking the law.

• Dally is worried that Darry and Soda will find out.

• Dally knows how to take control of a situation.

• Dally has been through this type of experience before.

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