The Outsiders Review

The Outsiders was written from which characters point of view?

• Darry

• Johnny

• Ponyboy

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The protagonist of “The Outsiders” is:

• Johnny Cade

• Ponyboy Curtis 

• Dallas Winston

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The antagonist of “The Outsiders” is:

• Dallas

• Johnny

• Socs

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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.”

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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.”

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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