The Outsiders Chapters 10-12

After Johnny and Dally die, Ponyboy...

• has to stay in bed because of a concussion.

• goes right back to school.

• asks Cherry out on a date.

• becomes a Socs.

Ponyboy has to attend a hearing about all the previous events with Johnny and Dally. What is the result?

• Ponyboy is found guilty, and has to go to prison.

• Ponyboy has to go to reform school.

• Ponyboy is found not guilty, and the brothers can stay together.

• Ponyboy runs away before the hearing happens.

After everything returns to normal. Ponyboy begins failing all his classes in school. What deal does his English teacher offer him?

• Mr. Syme would allow him to make up all the work he failed in order to pass Ponyboy.

• Mr. Syme tells Ponyboy that he would pass him with a "C" if he writes a good semester theme (essay).

• Mr. Syme tells Pony that if he does chores on the weekend at his house, he will pass him.

• Mr. Syme tells Pony that he must stay after school every day for the rest of the school year to pass.

Ponyboy finds a letter from Johnny in Gone with the Wind. What does Johnny basically tell Ponyboy in this letter?

• Johnny tells Ponyboy to get even meaner than Dally and to get even with the Socs.

• Johnny convinces Ponyboy to run away from Tulsa and start a new life where no one knows him.

• Johnny encourages Ponyboy to "Stay gold," meaning he should remain the way he is- sensitive, caring, kind.

• Johnny wants Ponyboy to turn Johnny's parents into the police for child cruelty.

What is the semester theme (essay) that Ponyboy ends up writing?

• Gone with the Wind

• The Outsiders

• The greasers and Socs

• My Trip to the Zoo

Who comes to visit Ponyboy when he is confined to bed?

• Randy

• Dally

• Cherry

• Johnny

What does Ponyboy mean when he says "And the ground rushed up to meet me very suddenly."?

• He fainted and hit the floor

• He woke up

• He was dazed

What has Dally done to make the cops chase him in Chapter 10?

• He stole Johnny's car

• He hit an officer

• He held up a grocery store with his empty gun.

Ponyboy said, Dally runs out "Like the devil was after him" when he finds out Johnny is dead. According to Pony, why is Dally having so much trouble handling Johnny's death?

• Because Johnny's parents blame Dally.

• Because Dally hated Johnny.

• Dally was so upset because Johnny was the only person that he ever loved.

What upsets Sodapop in these chapters? *Read the answers carefully

• A. A letter he wrote to Sandy is returned unopened.

• B. He hates being in the middle of Ponyboy and Darry's arguments.

• D. Both A and B