The Outsiders Test Review

What word best describes the narrator's tone in the following: "Johnny! What are we gonna do? They put you in the electric chair for killing people!!......"

• concerned

• terrified

• nervous

• happy

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which statement helps set up the novel's opening conflict?

• "Darry would kill me if I got in trouble with the police."

• "Anyway, I went on walking home, thinking about the movie, and suddenly wishing I had some company."

• "I could have waited to go to the movies until Darry and PonyBoy got off work"

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What literary technique is used in this passage from Chapter 4? "I killed him," he said slowly. "I killed that boy."

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What evidence supports Pony's claim that "the only thing that keeps Darry from being a Soc is us"?

• Darry was a football player and friends with Paul

• Darry is smart enough for college but works to keep family together

• Darry is strict with Pony and Soda and loyal to Greasers

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The newspaper headline "Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes" implies all EXCEPT

• Pony and Johnny have been perceived as troublemakers

• Pony and Johnny performed an honorable deed

• Pony's hero had been Dally because he helped him get out of the burning church

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

When Dally gives the boys guns, money and directions to Jay Mountain, we can infer all EXCEPT

• Dally is not concerned about breaking the law

• Dally is worried that Darry and Soda will find out

• Dally knows how to take control of a situation

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The author mainly uses the argument at the drive-in between Cherry and Dallas Winston to

• lead to Cherry's friendship with Pony and Johnny

• show the reader that Greasers can behave as badly as Socs

• give Dally a reason to leave the drive-in to find some action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When Darry slaps Pony in Chapter 3, how does this incident propel the action of the novel?

• Dally tell Pony he didn't mean to hit him but PonyBoy doesn't believe him

• It causes PonyBoy to run away and he meets up with Cherry

• Ponyboy heads to the park with Johnny where they encounter the Socs

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which example best supports Pony's belief that Dally "died gallant"?

• Dally wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted

• Dally loved Johnny more than anything in the world

• Dally risked his life for the gang on several occasions

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

"Whirling suddenly, he slammed back against the wall. HIs face contracted in agony and sweat streamed down his face." What words best describe the author's tone?

• excited and forceful

• tense and agitated

• brave and dramatic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4