The Outsiders Chapter 1-5

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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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

“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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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

“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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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• satire
• foreshadowing
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which sentence best supports the idea that Ponyboy’s hair was his “pride”?

• “Not too short,” I begged (Hinton 71).

• “Our hair was tuff- we didn’t have to use much grease in it” (Hinton 71).

• “’You know the first thing the judge does is make you get a haircut’” (Hinton 71).

• “Maybe we couldn’t have Corvairs or madras shirts, but we could have hair” (Hinton 71).

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the main difference between the Socs and Greasers?  (Cherry said this.)

• The Socs are smarter.
• The Greasers can work on cars.
• The Greasers are more emotional.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why did Pony go to Dally after Bob was killed?

• Dally is really a cop and can help them run away.
• Dally is Pony's favorite of all the Greasers.
• Dally is older, wiser and has experience.  

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

Complete the cause and effect relationship.

Cause: ______

Effect: Johnny carried a switchblade in his back pocket.

• Johnny killed Bob to save Ponyboy from drowning.

• Bob jumped Johnny and badly beat him with his rings.

• Johnny saved children from the burning church.

• Johnny sleeps in the vacant lot to avoid his abusive parents.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.8.3