The Outsiders Chapter 4-8

In chapter four, why do the Socs approach Johnny and Ponyboy in the park?

• They want to ask the boys for a ride home.

• They remember that Johnny is the greaser they jumped.

• They want to jump them for hanging out with their broads (girls).

• They want to set up a war meeting.

In chapter four. what does the Soc, David, do to Ponyboy?

• He takes away his knife.

• He dunks his head in the fountain to "give him a bath".

• He punches him in the face for talking to Cherry.

• He cuts his hair.

Read the following paragraph from chapter five.

I got tired of watching him do it all, so I started digging into the sack myself. "Wheee!" I sat down on a dusty chair and stared. "A paperback copy of Gone with the Wind! How'd you know I always wanted one?" Johnny reddened. "I remembered you sayin' something about it once. And me and you went to see that movie, 'member? I thought you could maybe read it out loud and help kill time or something."

What can you infer about Johnny's character based on this passage?

• Johnny loves to read.

• Johnny wants Ponyboy to teach him how to read.

• Johnny is thoughtful and caring.

• Johnny is apathetic and does not pay attention to those around him.

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Read the following paragraph from the text.

"Hey, Ponyboy!" He grinned down at me. "Or should I say Sleeping Beauty?"

What does this quote teach us about Dally?

• Dally is serious and responsible.

• Dally is light-hearted and funny.

• Dally is intimidating.

• Dally hates Ponyboy and Johnny.

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To whom does Johnny compare the Southern gentlemen in Gone with the Wind?

• Dally

• Darry

• Ponyboy

• Sodapop

Why are Johnny and Ponyboy considered heroes?

• 
  They saved the children from the burning church.

• They extinguished the fire at the church.

• They killed a Soc.

• They turned themselves in.

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What does the following text evidence show?

"'You'll be okay,' I said with fake cheerfulness. 'You gotta be. We couldn't get along without you.'"

• The Greasers see Johnny as irreplaceable.

• The Greasers are losing faith in Johnny's loyalty.

• The Greasers hate Johnny's mother.

• Johnny is going to be crippled.

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What is revealed about Ponyboy and Cherry through the following quotation?

"...can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?" (129)

• 
  They want the Socs to lose the rumble.

• They are nature lovers.

• They want to find common ground between Greasers and Socs.

• They like have a crush on each other.

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What is the resolution of the conflict in chapter 8?

• Cherry and Ponyboy discover that the socs and greasers have a lot in common.

• The conflict is resolved when the Socs and Greasers have a dance-off to settle their differences.

• The conflict is resolved when Ponyboy and Johnny run away to hide in an abandoned church.

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  The conflict is resolved when the Greasers decide to move to a different town to avoid the Socs.

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What are the key themes explored in chapter 8?

• friendship, loyalty, and the consequences of violence.

• Fear, isolation, and revenge
  

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  Hope, perseverance, and unity

• Love, betrayal, and forgiveness

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