The Outsiders Review

The Outsiders was written from which characters point of view?

• Darry

• Johnny

• Ponyboy

The protagonist of “The Outsiders” is:

• Johnny Cade

• Ponyboy Curtis 

• Dallas Winston

The antagonist of “The Outsiders” is:

• Dallas

• Johnny

• Socs

Which piece of textual evidence supports the idea that Johnny wanted his parents to care about him?

• “I don’t guess my parents are too worried about me?”

•  “She’s probably come to tell me about all the trouble I’ve caused her.”

• “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him except when she was hacked off at something.”

Which piece of textual evidence supports the idea that Cherry cared about her reputation as a Soc?

•  “I could fall in love with Dallas Winston.”

•  “No, it wasn’t Cherry the Soc who was helping us, it was Cherry the dreamer who watched sunsets and couldn’t stand fights.”

• “Ponyboy, I mean, if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi, well, it’s not personal or anything.”

In chapter 2 Cherry tells Ponyboy “things are rough all over.”. 

Finally, in chapter 7, Ponyboy figured out what she meant by that statement. What did she mean?

• Everyone watches sunsets

• The Socs have a harder life than the greasers

• Everyone has problems, and suffering is part of the human condition

The major theme for The Outsiders is ______________________. 

• Always carry a heater

•  Get to know someone before you judge them

• Rich people and poor people will never understand each other.

When Ponyboy told Randy, “Greaser didn’t have anything to do with it…It’s the individual,” he meant…

• Most Socs wouldn’t have gone in to save the kids

• Most greasers wouldn’t have gone in to save the kids

•  You can’t tell everything about a person by the group he’s part of

When Johnny smiles before he dies, it’s because

• He’s dying a hero

• The greasers won the rumble

•  Dally was proud of him

Court says not guilty of crime

• grimaced

• acquitted

• guilty

• delirious