The Outsiders Chapter 4

The Socs tried to ___________ Ponyboy in the fountain in the park.

• drown
• wash the hair of
• wash the clothes of
• paint

Johnny Killed Bob with a __________.

• gun
• knife
• broken bottle
• candlestick

Where were Pony and Johnny when the Socs' blue mustang arrived? 

• the school playground
• the park
• Tim Shepards' neighborhood
• the train station

After Johnny kills the Soc, where do they go? 

• to Buck Merril's place
• to Dally's house
• to Pony's house
• to the train station

Dally instructs them to go to what stop? 

• Windyville
• Sand Springs
• Tulsa
• Windrixville

Where were Pony boy and Johnny heading after they got off the Train?

• Old Church
• Old Apartment Complex
• Old Hospital
• Old Firehouse

What was Pony boy's lie to the farmer for asking where Jay mountain was?

• He was  playing Army
• He was playing manhunt
• He was looking for his dog
• He was on a walk

"If Johnny got caught, they'd give him the electric chair, and if they caught me, I'd be sent to a reformatory. I'd heard about reformatories from Curly Shepard and I didn't want to go to one at all." The word reformatory is best understood to refer to a place a person is sent for the purpose of

• humiliation

• studying

• correction

• religious training

Why were the Socs looking for Johnny and Pony?

• The Socs were bored and wanted to fight

• Johnny and Pony picked up Soc girls at the movies

• Johnny and Pony jumped a Soc earlier that day

What is significant about the death of Bob?

• That Bob deserved what he got, at sticky end! He was a wrought less drunk, who deserved such an ending!

• Cherry's freedom to now go and date Dally. She did mention to Ponyboy that she fancied Dally.

• The notion that Johnny received retribution for Bob's earlier attack on him, and strength/courage to save Ponyboy's life.

• Ponyboy's close encounter with death, makes him understand his life much better.