WorksheetsThe Outsiders Chp 1-4 Vocab
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I heard a _____curse and got slugged again, and they were stuffing a handkerchief in my mouth
a)
bawling
b)
disgrace
c)
muttered
2.
The Socs jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public _____one day and an assest to society the next.
a)
disgrace
b)
bawling
c)
reckless
3.
he liked fights, blondes, and for some _________ reason, school
a)
muttered
b)
reckless
c)
unfathomable
4.
He has a finely drawn, sensistive face that somehow manages to be ________ and thoughtful at the same time.
a)
bawling
b)
reckless
c)
disgrace
5.
I was smarting and aching and my chest was sore and I was so nervous my hands were shaking and I wanted to start _________, but you just don't say that to Darry.
a)
bawling
b)
muttered
c)
disgrace
6.
She gave him a ______ look and then she threw her Coke in his face.
a)
scatterbrained
b)
incredulous
c)
scowled
7.
Two-Bit knew better than to scare Johnny like that. I guess he'd forgotten. He's kind of _________.
a)
incredulous
b)
muttered
c)
scatterbrained
8.
Dallas ______ for a second. If it had been me, or Two-Bit, or Soda or Steve, or anyone but Johnny, Dally would have flattened him without a moment's hesitation.
a)
scowled
b)
winced
c)
roguishly
9.
Dally grinned__________. "I'm never nice. Want a Coke?"
a)
winced
b)
roguishly
c)
incredulous
10.
Johnny's eyes went round and he _________ as though I'd belted him. Two-Bit slapped me a good one across the side of the head, and hard.
a)
winced
b)
scowled
c)
scatterbrained
11.
Mickey Mouse was a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and _______, not much more than a colt.
a)
allofness
b)
ornery
c)
gallantly
12.
Dally--wild, _____Dally---turning tinto a hoodlum becuase he'd die if he didn't
a)
cunning
b)
quivering
c)
aloofness
13.
Two-Bit ______ offered to walk them home--the west side of town was only about twenty miles away...
a)
galantly
b)
ornery
c)
aloofness
14.
I finally calmed down and wiped my eyes on my bare arm. My breath was coming in ______ sobs.
a)
cunning
b)
quivering
c)
ornery
15.
That was the truth. Socs were always behind a wall of _______, careful not to let their real selves show through.
a)
aloofness
b)
gallantly
c)
ornery
16.
The wind blasted through my soaked sweat shirt and dripping hair. My teen chattered ____________ and I couldn't stop them
a)
unceasingly
b)
apprehensive
c)
contemptuously
17.
Buck glared at me for a second, then stumbled, off. He was pretty well crocked, which made me _________
a)
contemptuously
b)
defiance
c)
apprehensive
18.
"Oh shoot kid"---Dally glanced __________ over his shoulder---" I was in the bedroom."
a)
contemptuously
b)
uncesasingly
c)
reformatory
19.
Towheaded and shifty-eyed, Dally was anything but handsome. yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage _________ of the world
a)
defiance
b)
reformatory
c)
apprehensive
20.
If Johnny got caught, they'd give him the electric chair, and if they caught me, I'd be sent to a _______________.
a)
defiance
b)
reformatory
c)
unceasingly
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