The Outsiders Review

What is the setting of The Outsiders?

• New York City, 1968

• Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s.

• Birmingham, Alabama during the 1950s

• Chicago, Illinois, 1946

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Who is the narrator? 

• Darry
• Pony
• Dally
• Johnny

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Who are the three Curtis brothers whose parents died.

• Ponyboy, Dally and Sodapop

• Johnny, Ponyboy and Sodapop

• Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop

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The two main groups in The Outsiders are?

• Socs and Greasers
• Greasers and Tiber Street Tigers
• Tim Shepherd's Gang and the Socs
• East Side and West Side

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The most likely reason Darry was so hard on his brothers was because...

• Their parents had died and Darry had to take on a lot of responsibility

• He was always bewildered and didn't really care about Ponyboy

• He thought his brothers were defiant

• He couldn't go to college because of them

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What happened to Pony on his way home from the movies?

• He cut his hair

• The Socs kick him out of the group

• He was jumped by some Socs

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Who did Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly

Double?

• Bob & Randy

• Bob & Cherry

• Cherry & Marcia

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Cherry is different from the other Socs because

• She does not judge Ponyboy and Johnny based on stereotypes
• She actually tries to get to know Ponyboy
• She tries to tell Ponyboy that both Greasers and Socs face problems 
• All the options are correct

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How did the beating and threats from the Socs affect Johnny’s personality?

• They made him indifferent and now he is unable to care for anyone.

• They made him nervous and now he carries a blade and uses it for defense.

• They made him forgetful and now he can’t even recall the incident.

• They made him angry and now he searches the town for Socs to jump to get even.

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Ponyboy ran away from home because

• He was hanging around with a Soc
• He didn't want to apologize for being late
• Darry slapped Soda for taking up for Ponyboy
• Darry slapped him for coming home late 

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