Outsiders Vocabulary

Two-Bit liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school. What does unfathomable mean?

• crazy

• hard to believe or comprehend

• beautiful

• uninhabited

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ponyboy vaguely wondered what it was like inside a burning ember. What does vaguely mean?

• thoughtfully

• angrily

• happily, with laughter

• unclearly; uncertain

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

My teeth chattered unceasingly.

Unceasingly means

• in a scary way

• constantly; without stopping

• lightly

• roughly

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

affectionately

• the feeling that a person or a thing worthless, or deserving disrespect..

• warmly; lovingly; fondly

• occurring again and again

• spoke hesitantly; stammered

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk them home - the west side of town was only about twenty miles away - but they wanted to call their parents and have them come and get them.

Based on this sentence, someone who behaves gallantly is acting _________________.

• Bravely

• Cowardly

• Intelligently

• Angrily

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

He drew a quivering breath.

In this sentence, an antonym for quivering would be:

• Steady

• Shaking

• Quick

• Trembling

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

I had a sick feeling that maybe I hadn't called for him when I was delirious, maybe I had only wanted Sodapop to be with me.

In this sentence, delirious probably means _____________

• Overjoyed

• Incoherent

• Wild

• Ecstatic

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

sullen

• estatic

• implore

• gloomy and bad-tempered

• fun-loving

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A____________ is the main character of a story. __________________is at the center of the story, makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions. The primary agent propelling the story forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles

• antagonist

• protagonist

• minor character

• round character

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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

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

• antagonist

• protagonist

• minor character

• round character

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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