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The Outsiders Ch. 1-4

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the names of three brothers? 
a)
Pony, Soda, Dally
b)
Soda, Two-Bit, Darry
c)
Pony, Soda, Darry
d)
Steve, Dally, Darry
2.
What point of view is the book written in?
a)
1st Person
b)
2nd Person
c)
3rd Person
3.
Who is telling the story of "The Outsiders"? 
a)
Ponyboy 
b)
Soda 
c)
Dally
d)
Darry
4.
Why is Darry the father figure of the family?
a)
Their parents weren't involved with the kids.
b)
Their parents were in jail.
c)
Their parents worked all of the time. 
d)
Their parents died in a car accident. 
5.
Which group was known for wearing madras shirts? 
a)
Greasers
b)
Socs
6.
Who is the author of The Outsiders?
a)
John Greene
b)
R.J. Palaccio
c)
S.E. Hinton
d)
Alan Zadoff
7.

Who was known for their black handled switchblade and stealing?

a)
Two-Bit Matthews
b)
Steve Randle
c)
Dallas Winston
d)
Darry Curtis
8.
Who is known for being violent, having a hatred for the whole world, but you had to respect him?
a)
Darry
b)
Dally
c)
Soda
d)
Steve
9.

What word means to be emotionally distant?

a)
apprehensive
b)
aloofness
c)
reckless
d)
scowled
10.

What word means to continue without stopping, pausing or diminishing? 

a)
quivering
b)
gallantly
c)
ornery
d)
unceasingly
11.

What word means to cry loudly or energetically?

a)
bawl
b)
rogiushly
c)
cunning
d)
incredulous
12.

Who went in to save the children in the fire?

a)

Dally, Johnny, Ponyboy

b)

Johnny, Dally

c)

Johnny, Ponyboy

13.
What caused Ponyboy to get so mad that he had to take a walk at the end of Ch. 3?
a)
Darry was frustrated he was late and hit him. 
b)
Soda was frustrated he was late and hit him.
c)
Ponyboy had enough of the social injustices towards the Greasers.
d)
Ponyboy felt bad for Johnny so he was going to find a place for them to live.
14.
Who did Johnny kill?
a)
Dally
b)
Bob
c)
Steve
d)
Randy
15.
Why did Johnny kill the Soc?
a)
He was mad at the Socs.
b)
Bob was making fun of his family.
c)
Bob looked like he was trying to kill Ponyboy.
d)
Johnny was trying to help Marcia.
16.
Where did Johnny and Ponyboy run away to?
a)
Tulsa, grocery store
b)
Winston, library
c)
Windrixville, church
d)
Windrixville, barn
17.

What did Johnny say he and Ponyboy needed after Bob was killed?

a)
Car, money, plan
b)
Money, plan, gun
c)
Gun, plan, groceries
d)
Groceries, car, gun
18.
Dally's actions when Ponyboy and Johnny went to Buck's house show us what about Dally?
a)
He can have compassion. 
b)
He is spiteful.
c)
He has anger issues. 
d)
He was being deceitful.
19.

What word means shame or loss of respect arising from bad behavior?

a)
gallantly
b)
reckless
c)
ornery
d)
disgrace
20.

What word means so mysterious or complicated that understanding is impossible?

a)
unfathomable
b)
roguishly
c)
quivering 
d)
cunning
21.
What did Cherry think was the difference between Socs and Greasers? 
a)
Money
b)
Feelings
c)
Cars
d)
Houses
22.
What did Ponyboy think was the main split between Socs and Greasers?
a)
Money 
b)
Feelings
c)
Cars
d)
Homes
23.
What did Ponyboy do alone at the beginning of the book?
a)
Went to the movie house and walked home.
b)
Went to the movie house and went to the library.
c)
Went to the drive in and walked home.
d)
Went to the drive-in  and went to the library.
24.
What does the term 'tuff' mean?
a)
rough
b)
cool
25.
What does the term 'tough' mean?
a)
rough
b)
cool
26.

Who comes to see Johnny and Ponyboy at the church?

a)

Soda

b)

Darry

c)

Dally

d)

Steve

27.

"Faintly, just faintly, you could hear someone yelling" using sensory language to appeal to which sense?

a)

taste

b)

smell

c)

sound

d)

touch

28.

Darry's silent fear is....

a)

working so much he misses out on family activities

b)

being caught by the police and losing his brothers

c)

losing another family member after already losing his parents

29.

Reflecting on "Nothing Gold Can Stay" match the parts of the poem to its category.

a)

Gold symbolizes

1.

precious, valuable, beautiful

b)

Nature's first green can symbolize

2.

spring, youth

c)

Mean doesn't last long

3.

But only so an hour.

Nothing gold stay.

d)

Example of alliteration

4.

Her hardest hue to hold

e)

Example of personification

5.

So Eden sank to grief

30.

The use of "Eden" in Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost is what type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

allusion

d)

onomatopoeia

31.

Mrs. Ramlow likes white chocolate.

a)

true

b)

false

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