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The Outsiders Ch. 1-6

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Ponyboy's lighthearted older brother
a)
Sodapop
b)
Rootbeer
c)
Randy
2.
Ponyboy's smart, demanding oldest brother
a)
Two-Bit
b)
Tim
c)
Darry
3.
violent greaser with a long police record
a)
Two-Bit Matthews
b)
Randy
c)
Dally
4.
wise-cracker of the greasers, makes everyone laugh
a)
Tim Shepard
b)
Two Bit Matthews
c)
Johnny Cade
5.
"pet" of the greasers; has abusive father
a)
Johnny Cade
b)
Randy
c)
Sandy
6.
Pretty, redheaded Soc; Bob's girlfriend
a)
Sandy
b)
Marcia
c)
Cherry Valance
7.
Cherry's best friend, Randy's girlfriend
a)
Abby
b)
Sandy
c)
Marcia
8.
Soc who tries to drown Pony
a)
Steve Randle
b)
Randy
c)
Bob Sheldon
9.
Soda's best friend; works at a gas station
a)
Steve Randle
b)
Tim Shepard
c)
Adam Heffner
10.
Soda's girlfriend
a)
Marcia
b)
Destine
c)
Sandy
11.
In what decade does this novel take place?
a)
1960s
b)
1950s
c)
1980s
12.

Where do Johnny and Ponyboy hide out after Bob Sheldon is stabbed?

a)

at a an old abandoned house in Windrixville

b)

at a church in Windrixville

c)

Johnny's grandma's house

13.
How did the Curtis brothers lose their parents?
a)
they died in a fire
b)
they died of cancer
c)
they died in a car accident
14.
What was the name of the book that Johnny and Ponyboy read while hiding out?
a)
Great Expectations
b)
Elmo's World, Volume I
c)
Gone With the Wind
15.
What is the main reason that the Greasers and the Socs fight?
a)
they like different music
b)
they like different football teams
c)
they are from different social classes
16.
Darry didn't go to college because he had to take care of his brothers.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Sodapop's real name is actually Keith on his birth certificate.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
According to Cherry, all Socs aren't as bad as Ponyboy and the Greasers think they are.
a)
True
b)
False
19.

Ponyboy was embarrassed when Dally started talking to the girls at the Nightly Double because

a)

they were older girls.

b)

they were dating Sodapop and Steve.

c)

they were not greasy girls.

20.

How did Ponyboy and Johnny get to the old church?

a)

Dallas drove them

b)

They hopped a freight train

c)

Bus

d)

They walked

21.

Why is Dally afraid of Johnny turning himself in?

a)

He doesn't want him to turn into a "hard" criminal like him.

b)

He thinks the Socs will get revenge.

c)

He doesn't want to lose his best friend.

d)

He thinks he will have more fun living life on the run.

22.

Alliteration is

a)

a comparison of two things, using the words like or as

b)

a comparison of two things, not using like or as

c)

when the same beginning sound is repeated

d)

when you give a nonhuman human characteristics

23.
What poem does Ponyboy recite when he and Johnny watch the sunrise?
a)
"The Road Not Taken"
b)
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
c)
"Birches"
d)
"Mending Wall"
24.
What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East Side and the West Side?
a)
rainbows
b)
sunsets
c)
love
d)
hate
25.
Who writes Ponyboy a letter?
a)
Soda
b)
Darry
c)
Dally
d)
Steve
26.

What does Dally tell the boys about what's going on at home when they eat at Dairy Queen

a)

The war council met, Two-Bit got jumped, everyone is getting questioned by the police, and Cherry is a spy.

b)

Everyone is fine. Everything is great.

c)

All of the Greasers are hiding out because the Socs are going crazy because of Bob's death.

d)

The cops are getting real close to finding them.

27.

A metaphor is

a)

a comparison of two things, using the words like or as

b)

using the same beginning sound more than once

c)

a comparison of two things not using like or as

d)

giving a nonhuman human characteristics

28.
The central message or lesson about life in a story.
a)
plot
b)
setting
c)
irony
d)
theme
29.

Ponyboy is critically injured and Johnny is waiting for him to get better in the hospital.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Cherry's boyfriend, Bob, is dead because he took things too far by giving Ponyboy a "bath".

a)

True

b)

False