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WorksheetsThe Outsiders Assessment
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Why did Soda really drop out of school?
a)
A. To work
b)
B. To marry Sandy
c)
C. He was not smart
d)
D. He was expelled
2.
Why did Ponyboy run away from home?
a)
He wanted to become a Soc.
b)
He hated school.
c)
Darry hit him
3.
How was Johnny injured?
a)
He was shot by a Soc.
b)
He fell off of a roof
c)
He was stabbed by Dally
d)
He was burned in a fire
4.
Who did Cherry Valance say she could fall in love with?
a)
Darry
b)
Steve
c)
Dally
d)
Ponyboy
5.
What did Ponyboy and Johnny eat every day when they were in Windrixville?
a)
Ramen Noodles
b)
Tuna
c)
Spaghetti
d)
Bologna
6.
What sport was Ponyboy good at?
a)
Basketball
b)
Tennis
c)
Track
d)
Soccer
7.
Who killed Dally Winston?
a)
The police
b)
The Socs
c)
Tim Shepherd
8.
How did Ponyboy's parents die?
a)
They drowned
b)
Killed in a car wreck
c)
They were both sick.
9.
What did Johnny give the nurse for Ponyboy?
a)
A switchblade knife
b)
His jean jacket
c)
Gone With Wind Novel
d)
A bologna sandwich
10.
Who won the rumble?
a)
The Socials
b)
The Greasers
11.
Who is the main character in The Outsiders?
a)
Daryl Curtis
b)
Ponyboy Curtis
c)
Soda pop Curtis
d)
Dally Winston
12.
The genre for The Outsiders is......
a)
Nonfiction
b)
Fiction (realistic)
c)
Poetry
13.
Who is the narrator of the story?
a)
Johhny
b)
Dally
c)
S.E. Hinton
d)
Ponyboy
14.
What keeps Darry from being a "Soc"?
a)
his job
b)
the gang
c)
his age
d)
his income
15.
Johnny
a)
was beat by his mother
b)
swipes anything that isn't nailed down
c)
worshiped the ground Dally walked on
d)
all of the above
16.
Why did Pony & Johnny run away?
a)
they robbed a store
b)
they trespassed
c)
someone was killed
d)
they stayed out past curfew
17.
Another name for a gun among the Greasers was
a)
Colt 45
b)
Steeleye
c)
Heater
18.
Ponyboy finds Bob Sheldon's picture while looking through Sodapop's yearbook.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
He is referred to as the "Pet" of the gang
a)
Ponyboy
b)
Johnny
c)
Steve
d)
Sodapop
20.
This character attracted girls like honey to bees.
a)
Two-Bit
b)
Dally
c)
Sodapop
d)
Steve
21.
What two things had Pony been thinking about after the movie?
a)
Paul Newman and what everyone else is doing
b)
Getting home and Paul Newman
c)
Him and the gang
d)
The movie and how good it was
22.
“I was plannin’ on getting boozed up tomorrow night,” Two-bit said. “If I don’t, I’ll walk over and find y’all.”(Hinton 14) In this quote, what does the word boozed mean?
a)
Making people be afraid or anxious.
b)
Drink alcohol, even in large quantities.
c)
To rapidly inhale a cigarette’s fumes.
d)
Tired and impatient about something.
23.
“ If I had to pick the real character of the gang, it would be Dallas Winston-Dally. I used to like to draw his picture when he was in a dangerous mood, for then I could get his personality down in a few lines. He had an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small sharp animal teeth,and ears like a lynx.” (Hinton 10) is an example of which literary device?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Imagery
c)
Simile
d)
Indirect Characterization
24.
“Soda is handsomer than anyone else I know. Not like Darry- Soda’s movie-star kind of handsome, the kind that people stop on the street to watch go by.” (Hinton 7) is an example of which literary device?
a)
Imagery
b)
Indirect Characterization
c)
Similie
d)
Metaphor
25.
Define hence
From the story:
"Two-Bit always has to get his two-bits in. Hence his self-explanatory nickname."
From the story:
"Two-Bit always has to get his two-bits in. Hence his self-explanatory nickname."
a)
a type of weapon
b)
someone's nickname
c)
for this reason
d)
a type of food
26.
Define "out of the cooler"
From the story:
"Dally got out of the cooler early because of good behavior."
From the story:
"Dally got out of the cooler early because of good behavior."
a)
out of the freezer
b)
coming in from outdoors
c)
out of jail
d)
taking a drink from a cooler
27.
Define rolled
From the story:
"Dally rolled a drunk senior to get the ring that he wears."
From the story:
"Dally rolled a drunk senior to get the ring that he wears."
a)
robbed
b)
pushed around
c)
tied up
d)
punched
28.
Who lived on the poor side of town?
a)
Greasers
b)
Socs
29.
Who died in the hospital?
a)
Darry
b)
Soda
c)
Johnny
d)
Dally
30.
What did the Socs try to do to Ponyboy in the fountain?
a)
dance with him
b)
drown him
c)
draw him
d)
strangle him
31.
Who was the oldest brother?
a)
Darry
b)
Ponyboy
c)
Dally
d)
Johnny
32.
How did Ponyboy try to disguise himself?
a)
shaving all of his hair
b)
using a brush to comb his hair
c)
using peroxide to dye his hair
d)
using gel to do his hair
33.
When does Ponyboy get jumped?
a)
Walking home from the movies
b)
Walking with the gang
c)
Playing outsides
d)
In school
34.
How many chapters are in the book?
(If you don't get this right I will be sad :(.)
(If you don't get this right I will be sad :(.)
a)
21
b)
18
c)
12
d)
10
35.
Who says "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..."?
a)
Dally
b)
Cherry
c)
Johnny
d)
Sodapop
36.
What is Two-Bits most prized possession?
a)
hair grease
b)
switchblade
c)
glock
d)
Bible
37.
"He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice.” (Hinton 7)
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Direct Characterization
38.
What year was this written in?
a)
1990
b)
1997
c)
1967
d)
2005
39.
Who said: "Don't you know that a rumble ain't a rumble unless I'm in it?"
a)
Pony
b)
Johnny
c)
Dally
d)
Darry
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