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The Outsiders: Chapter 1-3 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who narrates The Outsiders?

a)

Ponyboy Curtis

b)

Dally Winston

c)

Johnny Cade

d)

Cherry Valance

2.

What does "rivalry" mean?

a)

A competitive relationship between people or groups

b)

A closely knit friendship group, like a gang

c)

An organized fight to solve a problem

d)

A way of describing stereotypes

3.

Who are the socs?

a)

A gang that runs the South side of town

b)

The west side rich kids

c)

The jocks

d)

The rich north side gang

4.

How did the "Greasers" get their name?

a)

Because people saw them as greaser poor kids

b)

Because they grease back their long hair

c)

Because it is their favorite color

d)

Because they live in a town called Grease

5.

How did Ponyboy, Darry, and Soda's parents die?

a)

In a gang war

b)

In a plane crash

c)

In their sleep

d)

In a car crash

6.

What is the argument Cherry tries to make about the Socs?

a)

Bob is really a nice guy but just misunderstood

b)

All socs are stuck up rich kids

c)

She is in love with Two-Bit, but can't because he is a greaser

d)

Things are tough for everyone, not just the greasers

7.

All of these are problems Johnny faces EXCEPT...

a)

His father beats him

b)

He went to jail for stealing

c)

His mother ignores him

d)

He was beaten up by Socs

8.

Darry and Ponyboy never fight because they have a strong brotherly bond.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

To the greaser boys, "tuff" means ____

a)

Rough

b)

Dangerous

c)

Cool

d)

Arrogant

10.

What does "aloof" mean?

a)

Unfriendly, cold, distant

b)

Angry, rude, harassing

c)

Friendly, kind, understanding

d)

Stereotypical, one-sided

11.

Ponyboy's lighthearted brother is ______

a)

Sodapop

b)

Darry

c)

Dally

d)

Johnny

12.

What is the setting of Chapter 2?

a)

A drive-in movie theatre

b)

A park

c)

A school

d)

An indoor movie theatre

13.

At the drive-in movie, who starts to bother the Socs girls?

a)

Dally

b)

Two-Bit Matthew

c)

Tim Shepherd

d)

Darry

14.

Who are the two Socs girls from the drive-in movie?

a)

Cherry and Maria

b)

Cherry and Marcia

c)

Christina and Mandy

d)

Cheryl and Maddy

15.

Why does Cherry say she hopes she never sees Dally again?

a)

She can't stand the sight of him

b)

She thinks she might fall in love with him

c)

She is very scared of him

d)

She is bothered by his fighting

16.

What does Ponyboy suggest that he and Johnny do at the end of Chapter 3?

a)

Run away

b)

Go after the Socs

c)

Find Cherry

d)

Stay at Ponyboy's house

17.

What kind of a "gang"' are the Greasers?

a)

A close group of boys who rely on each other because they do not have anyone else

b)

A kind of gang very similar to the gangs of today

c)

An organized gang who control the east side of their hometown

18.

The author of The Outsiders is

a)

S. E. Hinton

b)

S. G. Hinton

c)

S. B. Harry

d)

S. E. Hilton

19.

S.E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton had to use her initials instead of her name because:

a)

Her publishers did not want people to know she was a woman

b)

Her publishers wanted her name to remain a mystery

c)

She was afraid of being known for a book about gangs

d)

She does not have a full name

20.

What did the Socs say to Ponyboy when they jumped him in Chapter 1?

a)

Need a haircut, Greaser?

b)

You're dead, Greaser.

c)

You're nothing, Greaser.

d)

You goin' somewhere, Greaser?