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The Outsiders

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the Socs jumped Ponyboy after he left the movies, they...

a)

pulled out chains and threatened to beat him up

b)

pulled a knife on him and threatened to cut his hair

c)

threatened to put him into the trunk of their car

d)

threatened to pour motor oil over his head

2.

How does Cherry say that the Socs are different from the Greasers?

a)

Socs forgive people more quickly.

b)

Greasers are not good at sports or school.

c)

Greasers are more emotional.

d)

Socs always find the good in bad situations.

3.

Before getting into the car with the Socs, what does Cherry say that shocked Ponyboy?

a)

She was born on the east side.

b)

Her parents were a lot like Johnny's.

c)

She'd save a seat for Pony at lunch on Monday.

d)

She could fall in love with Dallas Winston.

4.

What did Johnny say to Ponyboy as Pony read to him from "Gone With the Wind"?

a)

The Southern gentlemen reminded him of Dally.

b)

The Greasers & Socs were a lot like North and South armies.

c)

He and Ponyboy should head to Georgia.

d)

He thought Pony would have a gallant death someday.

5.

Before the rumble, what did Randy tell Pony when they talked outside Tastee-freez?

a)

Randy had tipped the cops off about the rumble.

b)

Randy had tipped the cops off about the rumble.

c)

Bob wasn't really his friend.

d)

Randy wasn't going to go the rumble.

6.

As they got ready for the rumble, what did Ponyboy ask the guys in his gang?

a)

the best way to throw a punch

b)

if they actually hated the Socs

c)

what weapons they were secretly bringing

d)

why they liked to fight

7.

Ponyboy worried that when he was delirious, he had...

a)

admitted he had a crush on Cherry

b)

asked for Soda, but not for Darry

c)

cried about having his hair cut off

d)

told Soda how much he hated Steve

8.

When Randy came to visit Pony after the rumble, he was confused when...

a)

Pony asked him to visit Johnny in the hospital.

b)

Pony told him Cherry had been acting as a spy.

c)

Pony said that he always wanted to be friends with Socs.

d)

Pony said that he'd killed Bob.

9.

Cherry got "white as a sheet" after Pony told her about...

a)

Johnny's beating by Socs in a blue Mustang.

b)

the terrible nightmares he'd had since his parents accident

c)

Sandy was pregnant with Soda's baby

d)

Dallas being in jail in New York City

10.

When Pony doesn't come home until 2 a.m., why doesn't Darry call the police?

a)

Darry is already asleep since he has to work in the morning.

b)

He knew Dally would keep Pony out of trouble.

c)

If the cops get involved, Pony and Soda might be taken away.

d)

Darry thought Pony would stay the night at Johnny's.

11.

How did Ponyboy's parents die?

a)

car accident

b)

house fire

c)

shot during robbery

d)

cancer

12.

Why does Johnny carry a knife?

a)

All greasers have to carry one to be in the gang.

b)

Greaser girls think it's tuff.

c)

He wants to impress Dally.

d)

He wants to be ready to defend himself.

13.

Why did Pony and Johnny run into help the school kids in the burning church?

a)

They thought the fire was their fault.

b)

They thought they would get out of trouble with the cops.

c)

Dally had started the fire to get rid of evidence.

d)

One of the children inside was Cherry's little sister.

14.

What does Pony tell Cherry about Soda?

a)

that he was badly beaten by Socs

b)

that he loved a horse named Mickey Mouse

c)

that he loved school and reading books

d)

that he wanted to marry his girlfriend Sandy

15.

Why did Johnny prefer it when his father hit him?

a)

He could hit back.

b)

It was good practice for rumbles.

c)

He could beat his father in a fight.

d)

It was better than being ignored.