The Outsiders Ch.4-6 Review

"The pool was empty now in the fall, but the fountain was singing merrily."

Which figurative language device is being used with this sentence?

• personification

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Why didn't Pony and Johnny run away from the Socs?

• They were so scared that they could not move.

• Two-Bit told them that he would be there soon.

• They did not want to seem like wimps by running away.

• It was too late; they were on the way over when they saw them.

Read these sentences from chapter four:

"Five Socs were coming straight at us, and from the way they were staggering I figured they were reeling pickled. That scared me. A cool deadly bluff could sometimes shake them off, but not if they outnumbered you five to two and were drunk."

Based on context clues, what does "reeling pickled" mean?

• drunk

• angry

• bluffing

• swearing

What two things motivated Johnny to stab Bob?

• Bob tried to choke him, and Randy punched him in the stomach.

• Bob and David was drowning Ponyboy, and the others were going to beat up Johnny.

• Randy threatened to hurt Johnny's family, and Bob punched him in the stomach.

• David was choking Ponyboy, and the others threatened to go after Cherry and Marcia.

Who did Johnny say was "gallant" like a southern gentleman?

• Steve

• Two-Bit

• Dally

• Soda-pop

Which of the following best identifies a theme of the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?

• Love is unpredictable and inconsistent.

• Perfection and paradise are unattainable.

• The most beautiful moments of life are brief.

• Perfection and paradise are unattainable.

What does Pony mean when he says the socs were "reeling pickled" on page 54? 

• He means that they were very drunk.

• He likes pickles

• They were laughing really hard.

• They were having a fight.

How did the author foreshadow that Johnny would use his knife in chapter 2?

• He carries a "heater" around.

• The author wrote in Ch. 3 that he would kill anyone who jumped him again.

• He runs to get Dally.

Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 below.

"During a flashback Ponyboy talks about Two-Bit's behavior in church. It was after Steve dropped a hymn book very loud. Ponyboy said, "Everyone in the place turned around to look at us, and Johnny and I nearly crawled under the pews. And then Two-Bit waved at them."

Why do you suppose the author decided to put the word "waved" in italics?

• to emphasize how funny Ponyboy thought Two-Bit was acting

• to point out that all of the boys like to have fun in church

• to emphasize how embarrassed Two-Bit made Ponyboy

• to point out that all the boys know how to behave in church

 Read this excerpt from chapter four:

 

"Buck answered the door when we knocked, and a roar of cheap music came with him. The clinking of glasses, loud, rough laughter and female giggles, and Hank Williams. It scraped on my raw nerves like sandpaper."

 

What emotion is emphasized with the simile in this excerpt?

• humor

• apprehension

• peacefulness

• anger