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Outsiders 9-12 Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was one rule for the rumble?

a)

No weapons, only fists

b)

Any weapons they could find

c)

No little kids allowed

2.

Who wins the rumble?

a)

The Greasers

b)

The Socs

c)

No one, the cops show up

3.

What does Johnny tell Pony?

a)

To look at sunsets

b)

To help Dally

c)

To stay gold

4.

What happens to Johnny?

a)

He sees his mom and yells at her

b)

He gets really mad at Dally

c)

He dies

5.

How do Ponyboy and Dally get into Johnny's hospital room?

a)

Dally pulls a switchblade on the doctor.

b)

Ponyboy starts crying and the nurse lets them in.

c)

They sneak in the window.

6.

How do Ponyboy and Dally get to the hospital fast?

a)

By stealing a car.

b)

By taking the bus.

c)

By lying to the police and getting an escort.

7.

At tht hearing, Pony is

a)

fined

b)

questioned about Bob's murder

c)

acquitted (free from a criminal charge)

8.

There are several major conflicts that weave throughout this novel. How is each resolved?


Soc vs. greaser. This conflict is supposed to be resolved when…

a)

Johnny dies

b)

Dally dies

c)

When the greasers win the rumble

9.

When Darry and Pony have a big argument, Soda tells them that -

a)

he is going to Florida to be with Sandy.

b)

he is moving out.

c)

he can't stand being in the middle anymore.

10.

Dally is shot by the police because he -.

a)

pulls a gun.

b)

is a greaser.

c)

has taken a hostage.

11.

Johnny mutters words to Ponyboy right before he dies ( the words have become a famous literary / theatrical phrase). What were those words and what did they allude to?

a)

" Water, water, everywhere, Pony. Nor any drop to drink."

b)

There ain't no place like home, Pony."

c)

" Stay Gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."

12.

What caused Ponyboy's injury/illness during the rumble?

a)

a stab wound that got infected

b)

getting kicked in the head

c)

a gunshot

13.

What is wrong with Ponyboy after the rumble?

a)

he has been shot

b)

he has a concussion

c)

he has a cold

14.

Near the end of the novel, Pony gets a letter from

a)

Johnny.

b)

Dally.

c)

his principal.

15.

Ponyboy eventually learns that

a)

Socs and Greasers are too different to get along.

b)

Socs and Greasers are basically the same.

c)

a rumble between them will settle things.

16.

arrogantly self-confident

a)

idolized

b)

liable

c)

cocky

17.

not clear, indefinite, imprecise

a)

idolized

b)

liable

c)

vaguely

18.

set free or discharged completely

a)

veered

b)

vast

c)

acquitted

19.

mentally disturbed with confusing, disordered speech, and/or hallucination

a)

clenched

b)

clad

c)

dumbfounded

20.

clothed, covered

a)

clenched

b)

clad

c)

stupor