The Outsiders Assessment 7th Grade

Darry reprimands Ponyboy for going to the movies alone.

• True

• False

Sodapop drops out of high school because of his poor academic performance.

• True

• False

English is one of Ponyboy's favorite high school subjects.

• True

• False

Johnny kills Bob in self-defense.

• True

• False

Cherry Valance, the Soc who was Bob's girlfriend, acts as a spy for the Greasers.

• True

• False

Ponyboy's hatred of the Socs becomes increasingly intense after Johnny's death.

• True

• False

The warfare between the Greasers and the Socs grows out of

• social conflict

• gang rivalry

• school rivalry

• racial conflict

After Johnny is brutally beaten by the Socs he:

• is too afraid to fight.

• carries a six-inch switchblade.

The morning after Ponyboy returns home, the newspaper headline reads:

• YOUNG HOODLUMS ARRESTED AT ABANDONED CHURCH.

• JUVENILE DELINQUENTS CAPTURED.

Johnny's dying words to Ponyboy are:

• "You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you."

• "I was crazy, you know that."

• "You can see the sunset real good from the West Side."

• "Stay gold."