8. Several times throughout the text, Ponyboy mentions Darry’s icy blue eyes. What do Darry’s eyes suggest about his personality?

a. Darry is intense and emotional

c. Darry is dreamy and unpredictable

d. Darry is tranquil and peaceful

9. Which piece of textual evidence explains why Cherry and Marcia were without a car at the drive in theater?

b. “Cherry sounded annoyed. ‘It’s not my idea of a good time to sit in a drive in and watch people get drunk.’”

a. “Cherry had said she wouldn’t drink Dally’s Coke if she was starving, and she meant it.”

c. “Dallas could talk awful dirty if he wanted to and I guess he wanted to then.”

d. “Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk them home... but they wanted to call their parents and have them come and get them.”

10. Which of the following factored into shaping Johnny’s shy, nervous personality?

b. His drunk, belligerent, physically abusive father

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

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

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

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

d. “It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine.”

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

d. “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.”

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

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

c. “Bob was something special. He wasn’t just any boy.”

13. How does Ponyboy get a concussion?

c. A Soc kicked him in the head during the rumble

a. A wooden beam fell on him during the fire

b. A Soc cracked him upside the head with a pipe during the rumble

d. When he nearly drowned, he hit his head on the edge of the fountain, causing him to blackout

14. 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?

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

b. The Socs have a harder life than the greasers

c. The greasers have a harder life than the Socs

16. Which piece of textual evidence helps explain how Cherry believes Socs and Greasers are different?

a. “It’s not money, it’s feeling you don’t feel anything and we feel too violently.’”

b. “I thought maybe it was money that separated us.”

c. “I had seen a social club rumble once. The Socs even fought coldly and practically and impersonally.”

d. “‘And’ she was trying to hid a smile ‘that’s probably why we take turns getting our names in the paper.’”

17. The major theme for The Outsiders is ______________________.

b. Get to know someone before you judge them.

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

d. There’s always consequences for doing the right thing.

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

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

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

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

d. Only he and Johnny would have done something like that.

19. Darry looked at the palm of his hand where it had turned red and then looked back at me. His eyes were huge. “Ponyboy...” This portion of the text follows...

a. Ponyboy making his way home after running away

c. Sodapop making Darry apologize for how he treated Ponyboy

d. Darry demanding that Ponyboy do what he’s told

20. Why did Dally tell Johnny not to turn himself in?

b. Johnny would get the electric chair.

a. Dally would get in trouble for giving him the gun.

c. He didn’t want Johnny to end up hardened like him.

21. What does Randy say Bob wanted from his parents that he never received?

b. To let him do what he wanted

c. To help him with his troubles

22. “We were used to seeing Johnny banged up –his father clobbered him around a lot, and although it made us madder than heck, we couldn’t do anything about it. But those beatings had been nothing like this. Johnny’s face was cut up and bruised and swollen, and there was a wide gash from his temple to his cheekbone. He would carry that sore all his life.” This passage is about the first time Johnny is beat up by the Socs. There readers can infer a great deal about the effect of this incident on Johnny. What is NOT an example of something that can be inferred by this passage?

d. Johnny probably deserved to get beat up

b. Johnny will have physical scars

c. The fight will probably haunt Johnny for a long time

24. Why is Two-Bit relieved when he sees Pony picking up the broken glass?

b. He was worried that Pony was getting hardened like Dally.

a. He didn’t think Pony was being tough enough.

c. He didn’t want anyone to get a flat tire.

d. He wanted the Socs to pick up the glass.

THE OUTSIDERS FINAL REVIEW

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

1. The Outsiders was written from which character’s point of view?

a. Darry

b. Johnny

c. Ponyboy

d. The Curtis brother

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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2. In what decade does The Outsiders take place?

a. 1950s

b. 1960s

c. 1980s

d. 1990s

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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3. Whom does Johnny idolize and look to as a hero?

a. Dallas

b. Ponyboy

c. Sodapop

d. Darry

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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4. The protagonist of The Outsiders is

a. Johnny Cade

b. Ponyboy Curtis

c. Dallas Winston

d. Bob Sheldon

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CCSS.RL.5.7

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5. The antagonist of The Outsiders is

a. Dallas Winston

b. Johnny Cade

c. The Socs

d. The police

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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2 mins • 1 pt

6. Where does the following quote appear in the novel? “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...”

a. The beginning

b. The climax

c. The end

d. Both the beginning and the end of the novel

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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7. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Two-Bit Matthews?

a. He always has to get his “twobits” into the conversation.

b. He thinks Ponyboy is a tagalong.

c. He is still in school at the age of 18.

d. He enjoys drinking alcohol and stealing.

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THE OUTSIDERS FINAL REVIEW

1. The Outsiders ​was written​ ​from which character’s point of view?

2. In what decade does The Outsiders take place?

3. Whom does Johnny idolize and look to as a hero?

4. The​ ​protagonist​ of ​The Outsiders​ is

5. The​ antagonist​ of The Outsiders​ is

6. Where does the following quote appear in the novel? “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...”

7. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Two-­Bit Matthews?

8. S​everal times throughout the text, Ponyboy mentions Darry’s icy blue eyes. What do Darry’s eyes suggest about his personality?

9. Which piece of textual evidence explains why Cherry and Marcia were without a car at the drive in theater?

10. Which of the following factored into shaping Johnny’s shy, nervous personality?

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