WorksheetsThe Outsiders Quiz Review MSC
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 35mins
Paul Newman
theme
symbol
allusion
motif
Pony says to Cherry, "Sure. We're all young and innocent."
verbal irony
dramatic irony
motif
foreshadowing
Gone with the Wind
theme
plot
symbol
allusion
eyes
foreshadowing
theme
verbal irony
motif
sunsets
climax
symbol
dramatic irony
allusion
Johnny and Ponyboy are hiding in an abandoned church on Jay Mountain. Two-Bit thinks they are in Texas.
allusion
rising action
dramatic irony
symbol
the novel Great Expectations
symbol
dramatic irony
allusion
rising action
Pony has a creepy feeling about the abandoned church.
foreshadowing
motif
plot
allusion
Cherry acts as a spy for the Greasers.
symbol
allusion
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
Ponyboy wonders what it would be like to be inside a burning ember.
allusion
dynamic character
theme
foreshadowing
A blue Mustang pulls up and a fight takes place.
situational irony
plot
parallel episode
allusion
Which of the following is a DYNAMIC CHARACTER?
Two-Bit
Darry
Bob
Johnny
Which of the following are STATIC CHARACTERS (more than one)?
Sodapop
Darry
Steve
Two-Bit
PLOT: Ponyboy decides to write his story as the subject for his English class theme.
Exposition
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
PLOT: Ponyboy and Johnny leave town for Jay Mountain.
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution
gold
symbol
theme
allusion
plot
PLOT: Johnny, Pony, and Dally save the children in the church fire.
exposition
climax
falling action
resolution
SPEAKER: "I don't guess my parents are worried about me or anything?"
Ponyboy
Cherry
Dally
Johnny
SPEAKER: “That’s what you get for helping people.”
Dally
Johnny
Darry
Cherry
SPEAKER: “Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville.”
Darry
Dally
Ponybox
Sodapop
SPEAKER: “If I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi, well, it’s not personal or anything…”
Darry
Marcia
Cherry
Johnny
SPEAKER: He’s as hard as a rock and about as human… he thinks I’m a pain in the neck.”
Dally
Johnny
Two-Bit
Ponyboy
"He’s as hard as a rock and about as human… he thinks I’m a pain in the neck.” WHO IS THIS ABOUT?
Dally
Darry
Johnny
Sodapop
SPEAKER: “That’s what you get for helping people.”
Randy
Two-Bit
Dally
Cherry
SPEAKER: "You don't ever think...not at home or anywhere when it counts."
Johnny
Bob
Ponyboy
Darry
SPEAKER: “He ain't a Soc…he’s a guy.”
Darry
Sodapop
Ponyboy
Dally
SPEAKER: "Stay gold."
Johnny
Ponyboy
Dally
Randy
SPEAKER: “I’m pretty bad off, ain't I Ponyboy?"
Dally
Johnny
Bob
Sodapop
And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried...a six-inch switchblade. He'd use it, too, if he ever got jumped again... Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body...
theme
foreshadowing
climax
allusion
PLOT: After his court date, the judge allows Ponyboy to keep living at home with Darry and Sodapop.
rising action
exposition
climax
resolution
PLOT: Ponyboy and Johnny escape to Jay Mountain after Bob is killed.
climax
resolution
falling action
rising action
Which of these events helps propel (advance) the plot of the story? (may be more than one answer)
Johnny accidentally leaves a burning cigarette in the church.
Dally took Pony and Johnny to Dairy Queen.
Pony takes aspirin before the rumble.
Johnny kills Bob.
Which of these is a potential theme in The Outsiders? (may be more than one answer)
Individuals can maintain their own identity in a group.
Family
Finding common ground can bring people from different backgrounds together.
No matter the background, everyone has problems to deal with.
the country
motif
theme
symbol
plot
"All Socs aren't like that," she said. "You have to believe me, Ponyboy. Not all of us are like that." Based on THIS quote, what is a potential theme of the novel?
No matter the economic status, everyone has problems they must face
Finding common ground can help bring individuals together
Individuals can maintain their own identity even within a group
Friendship is important
It is dramatic irony when Dally aims the gun and the reader knows it is not loaded.
True
False
Pony passing out/losing consciousness is a parallel episode.
True
False
Johnny thought Dally was gallant, like the Southern gentleman in Gone with the Wind.
True
False
In the end, _______ says fighting is useless.
Johnny
Ponyboy
Darry
Dally
_______ does not fight at the rumble.
Sodapop
Darry
Randy
Ponyboy
Soda’s girlfriend leaves for Florida.
True
False
Randy requests to speak with Johnny at the hospital.
True
False
The Curtis brothers are eventually separated by the judge.
True
False
Cherry is afraid she might fall in love with _______.
Ponyboy
Johnny
Dallas
Randy
Johnny wants to see his mother in the hospital.
True
False
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a __________.
poem
novel
theme
motif
He could have been a Soc
Randy
Ponyboy
Darry
Tim Shepard
Soda’s buddy
Steve
Two-Bit
Tim Shepard
Paul Holden
Soc with the rings
Cherry
Marcia
Randy
Bob
Soc with a change of heart
Marcia
Bob
Paul Holden
Randy
Darry is becoming old before his time
after the Socs beat him up
because he has too much responsibility
because of girlfriend problems
because his parents are too giving
Bob was unhappy and wild
after the other Socs beat him up
because he had too much responsibility
from the fight to live in society
because his parents were too giving
Sodapop becomes depressed
because he lost his job
after the Socs beat him up
because he has too much responsibility
because of girlfriend problems
Johnny has a haunted, lost look
after the Socs beat him up
because he has too much responsibility
because he regrets dropping out of school
since his parents died
Which of these best represents the idea of unity or togetherness?
blue Mustangs
switchblades
sunsets
chocolate cake
