The outsiders Ch 1

The person narrating the story is

• Ponyboy Curtis ( I, me, my)

• Johnny Cade ( I, me, my)

• Dally Winston ( I, me, my)

• a third person narrator ( he, him, they)

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The main rivalry in town is between the Greasers and the

• Outsiders

• Jockeys

• Socs

• Brumley Boys

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Pony deals with which challenge in the beginning of the book?

• He gets fired from a job.

• He gets attacked by a group of Socs.

• His girlfriend breaks up with him.

• His oldest brother grounds him.

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Pony's favorite brother is

• Darry, because Darry has high expectations of him.

• Darry, because Darry supports the family with his job.

• Soda, because he is so good with cars.

• Soda, because Soda never yells at him and takes him along to places.

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At the end of this section, Soda tells Pony that

• he plans to go back to high school.

• he will teach Pony how to fix cars.

• he plans to marry his girlfriend, Sandy.

• he will take Pony to the movies.

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Which detail from Chapter 1 is NOT an example of foreshadowing?

• "I could have waited to go to the movies until Darry or Sodapop got off work."

• "I about decided I didn't like [walking]

  so much, though, when I spotted that red Corvair trailing me."

• "We're almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well."

• "I remembered Johnny - his face all cut up and bruised..."

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What happened to Ponyboy's parents?

• They were killed in a drive by
• They left their kids
• Car accident
• They went on a trip and never came back

Darry tells Ponyboy.  "You don't ever think...not at home or anywhere when it counts." 
What can we infer about Darry from these words?

• Darry is really mean and doesn't care about anyone but himself
• Darry is very gentle and loving; he wants the best for both Soda and Ponyboy
• Darry is incredibly intelligent and wishes that Ponyboy could be smart like him
• Darry is critical of Pony and strict because he feels pressured to make sure that he is okay, but Ponyboy doesn't make it easy sometimes

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To Darry, it is unfathomable why Ponyboy would be walking alone when he knows that the Socs are looking for Greasers to jump. 
Using context clues, what does the word unfathomable mean?

• negligent, poor judgment
• careless, reckless
• wise, easily understood
• impossible to understand or comprehend

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