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Worksheets"Why 'The Outsiders' Still Matters 50 Years Later" Article
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Why did Hinton feel that books for teenagers were "behind the times" ?
The books available at the time were mostly historical fiction.
The writers at the time were trying to write for a younger audience.
The teen fiction at the time was mostly about love and animals.
There weren't any books about cowboys and Oklahoma.
Which of the following is NOT an effect of Hinton's novel "The Outsiders"?
It has become a required reading for most middle-schoolers.
It inspired the creation of a genre of writing for young adults.
It was the basis for a Netflix series set in Tulsa.
It has sold millions of copies all around the world.
Which of the following is NOT true about the phrase, "Stay gold, Ponyboy."?
It's a famous quote from "Gone with the Wind."
It's a phrase you can find on shirts and decorations.
It's the title of songs and music albums.
It's the last phrase uttered by the dying Johnny.
According to the article, what is heart of the adolescent experience?
Teens know that their parents are often right, but they cannot admit it.
Teens know aspects of society are wrong, but are unclear how to fix them.
Teens experience love and hate so much stronger than adults.
Teens experience life in such a vivid way that they feel too much, like the Greasers.
Which transition word best replaces "unfortunately" in the text: "The teenage years are a bad time. You're idealistic. You can see what it should be. Unfortunately, you can see what it is, too."
In addition to
Since
Finally
Regretfully
According to the author of "Great," Sara Benincasa, why is the novel is meaningful?
It's about dating and romance.
It's about real life and sadness.
It doesn't have a happy end.
It doesn't have any comedy.
What impressed Nick Greene, the editor of Mental Floss, the most about Hinton's novel?
Her novel was goofy like Sherlock Holmes.
Her novel was boring because it was school reading.
Her novel's tell-it-like-it-is approach.
Her novel was compelling without the reader even knowing.
Her novel confronted normal teen issues like love.
Hinton's novel "The Outsiders" inspired many to be writers because she was published as a teenager.
True
False
How are the best sellers of today like John Green and Angie Thomas similar to Hinton?
Each of them write comedies to entertain the young adult audiences.
Each of them have had novels made into award-winning feature-length films.
Each of them has written about the divide between social classes.
Each of them aren't shy to write about "adult" issues for teen audiences.
Hinton's advice to anyone who writes for the young adult audience is to:
Don't be afraid that you will shock them.
Give them something to hang on to.
Write down to their level.
Show them some people don't sell out.
Show them everyone can't be bought.
"They just want to wipe out racism..." is which type of figurative language and what does it mean?
hyperbole; to clean up racists
idiom; to eliminate racism
metaphor; to show similarities
personification; to fall
All of the following are interpretations of what it means to "Stay gold," EXCEPT:
Be true to yourself and your beliefs.
Don't change to fit in with other people.
Act like a kid and stay young forever.
Stay as innocent as you can.
