The Outsiders Test

The major theme for The Outsiders is ______________________.

• Always carry a heater.

• Get to know someone before you judge them.

• Rich people and poor people will never understand each other.

• There’s always consequences for doing the right thing.

Which choice would NOT be considered a theme for The Outsiders?

• Understanding and kindness can overcome prejudice

• Everyone needs to feel accepted

• Stealing will only lead to jail

• Loyalty is a necessary quality in human relationships

What is the tone of the novel?

• The tone is realistic because the author tried to make her characters true to life.

• The tone is optimistic because there is no negativity in the world of the Greasers.

• The tone is energetic because Ponyboy does not have any time to stop and think.

What was S. E. Hinton's purpose when she included a conversation about sunsets between Ponyboy and Cherry? *

• To show that Ponyboy and Cherry both watched sunsets.

• To explain that sunsets are important to both greasers and Socs.

• To symbolize that all people, rich and poor, have some things in common.

• To demonstrate that sunsets mean different things to everyone.

six-feet-two, broad-shouldered, muscular, oldest Curtis brother

• Sodapop

• Ponyboy

• Dally

• Darry

Before he dies, what does Johnny tell Ponyboy?

• "Get those Socs for me."

• "Once a Greaser, always a Greaser"

• "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."

• "I'm going out a hero, Ponyboy."

Why are Johnny and Ponyboy considered heroes?

• They saved the children from the burning church

• They extinguished the fire at the church

• They turned themselves in

• They rescued a drowning child from a river

What is the name of the narrator?

• Sodapop

• Ponyboy

• Darry

• Johnny

Why were the Curtis brothers living on their own?

• the brothers ran away from home

• their parents died in a car accident

• their parents left

• none of the above

What happened to Ponyboy's parents?

• They are away on buisness

• He never knew them

• They were in jail

• They died in a car accident