The Outsiders: Chapters 1-2 Text Analysis

Who is the narrator of The Outsiders?

• Johnny

• Ponyboy

• S.E. Hinton

• Soda

Before the book started, which Greaser was jumped and beaten up badly by the Socs?

• Johnny

• Two-Bit

• Bob

• Darry

Where do both Socs and Greasers like to hang out?

• School

• The gas station

• Drive-in movies

• The park

Why is there a feud between the Socs and the Greasers?

• They're different races
• They're different religions
• They're different social classes
• None of the answers 

What does Ponyboy come to learn when talking with Cherry?

• That all Socs are bad people
• That Socs and Greasers are more alike than he thought
• That the Socs didn't mean to beat up Johnny before
• That Cherry wants to date him but can't because he's a Greaser

What is the main idea of this paragraph from chapter 2? Read the entire paragraph in the book.

_{"I wouldn't have felt so embarrassed if they had been greasy girls ... She turned around and gave him a cool stare."}

• Dally is speaking rudely to soc girls, and they and Ponyboy are getting anoyed by his comments

• Greasers were trying to pick up girls at the movie theater

• Two girls were repulsed by the appearance of Dally at the movies

• Ponyboy is making the soc girls feel uncomfortable because he invited Dally to sit with them

What was Hinton's purpose in including alliteration in the following excerpt from chapter 1?

_{"So, I stood here like a bump on a log while they surrounded me. I don't use my head. They walked around slowly, silently, smiling."}

• To show that Ponyboy was so scared of socs that he couldn't even move

• To allow the reader to picture the socs waiting to pounce like a snake

• To allow the reader to understand that Ponyboy doesn't think sometimes

• To illustrate how the slow the socs are moving because they're taking their time

What type of literary devices are being used in the following sentence from chapter 2?

_{"I looked fearfully over my shoulder and there was Two-Bit, grinning like a Chessy cat."}

• Allusion and metaphor

• Metaphor and simile

• Simile and personification

• Simile and allusion

The second chapter ends with Ponyboy saying, "I know better now." What is the significance of this?

• Ponyboy is finally thinking about something.
• It foreshadows a negative event occurring with Ponyboy.
• Ponyboy learned a valuable lesson about gangs.
• It's a flashback to Ponyboy's morning.

Why is the flashback of Johnny's attack by the Soc important enough to include in Chapter 2?

• It allows the reader to better understand Johnny's fear.
• It shows the death of a Soc leader.
• It lets the reader know about Johnny's knife.
• It shows how badly Johnny was attacked.