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The Outsiders Chapters 1-6

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened to Sodapop's horse?

a)

It died

b)

He still has it

c)

He gave it to his brother

d)

It was sold

2.

Why did Johnny have to bleach and cut Ponyboy's hair?

a)

So he wouldn't be recognized

b)

It was cut during the fight with the Soc

c)

Ponyboy wanted it that way

d)

For a job interview that he had

3.

What happened to Bob, the Soc, who was beating up Ponyboy?

a)

Johnny stabbed him

b)

Ponyboy stabbed him

c)

Dallas shot him

d)

He was beaten up, but was okay

4.

While they are in hiding, Pony and Johnny did all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Read a novel

b)

Write letters home

c)

Play poker

d)

Smoke

5.

Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in?

a)

Their boyfriends left because they did not like the movie

b)

Their boyfriends walked off with two other girls

c)

The girls decided to go off by themselves

d)

The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out they had been drinking.

6.

What are greasers known for?

a)

Their hair

b)

Their fighting

c)

That they have too many emotions

d)

All of the above

7.

Whose head is held under water and almost drowns that night in the park?

a)

Bob

b)

Johnny

c)

Pony

d)

Dally

8.

Who do Pony and Johnny go to for help after the incident in the park?

a)

Dally

b)

Steve

c)

Two-Bit

d)

Johnny's mom

9.

Who were the first to race into the burning church to save the children?

a)

Dally and Johnny

b)

Pony and Johnny

c)

Dally and Pony

d)

Darry and Two Bit

10.

What was Dally's reaction to Johnny turning himself in?

a)

He thought it was the right thing to do.

b)

He was angry about the decision.

c)

He thought Johnny should have turned himself in to begin with.

d)

He thought the rest of the gang should be told of the decision.

11.

Who saved Pony from being severely burned?

a)

Jerry (the teacher)

b)

Pony saved himself

c)

Johnny

d)

Dally

12.
Who is being described? “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world.  He was tougher than the rest of us-tougher, colder, meaner.”
a)
Soda
b)
Two Bit
c)
Darry
d)
Dally
13.
Who is being described? “He’s always happy-go-lucky and grinning.  He gets drunk on just plain living.  And he understands everybody.”
a)
Two-Bit
b)
Soda
c)
Johnny
d)
Ponyboy
14.
Who is being described?  “He was the gang’s pet, everyone’s kid brother.”
a)
Ponyboy
b)
Steve
c)
Johnny
d)
Darry
15.
Who is being described? “He looks older than twenty--tough, cool, and smart. He would be real handsome if his eyes weren’t so cold. He doesn’t understand anything that is not plain hard fact. But he uses his head.”
a)
Darry
b)
Dally
c)
Tim Shepard
d)
Soda
16.
Sunsets, cigarettes, Pepsi, and movies are associated with which character?
a)
Cherry
b)
Soda
c)
Ponyboy
d)
Johnny
17.
Ponyboy’s parents
a)
Were killed in an auto accident
b)
Were divorced
c)
Placed all three brothers up for adoption
d)
Gave up raising them and moved away
18.
While they are eating, what does Dally tell Ponyboy and Johnny?
a)
The police arrested the four socs
b)
Bob's family is going to sue them
c)
Socs and the greasers are engaged in all-out warfare, and a major rumble is planned
d)
The greasers and the socs are going to stop fighting
19.

Cherry and Ponyboy discuss...

a)

The similarities and differences between the greasers and Socs

b)

how they see the same sunset

c)

that they can't interact at school

d)

all of the above

20.

What side of town are the Socs from?

a)

East

b)

West

c)

North

d)

South

21.

What job does Sodapop have now that he dropped out of school?

a)

Janitor

b)

Gas station attendant

c)

Writer

d)

Professional criminal

22.

What was the name of Sodapop's old horse?

a)

Black Stallion

b)

Howdy Doody

c)

Mickey Mouse

d)

Pip

23.

Where does Sodapop take Johnny and Ponyboy to tell them about the upcoming rumble?

a)

Back home

b)

Dairy Queen

c)

An abandoned warehouse

d)

Alley behind a restaurant

24.

Who rides in the ambulance with Ponyboy after the church fire?

a)

Johnny

b)

Cherry

c)

Jerry

d)

Mr. Syme

25.

Soda secretly tells Ponyboy that

a)

Dally is wanted for murder

b)

Darry is in poor health

c)

Soda plans to marry Sandy

26.

Pony feels that Darry

a)

wants Soda to leave home

b)

longs to move to the country

c)

does not care for him

27.

Pony and Dally are shocked when Johnny

a)

tells Dally to leave the two soc girls alone

b)

asks Cherry out to the rodeo

c)

pulls a knife on Two-bit

28.

Dally directs the boys to Windrixville because

a)

It is beautiful there

b)

it is place where there are no greaser and no socs

c)

there is a hideout there

29.

Pony talks to a farmer because

a)

He wants to move to farm

b)

He wants to get away from the place where socs and greasers are always fighting

c)

he needs directions to Jay Mountain

30.

He was rude, crude, foul-mouthed and annoyed the girls at the drive-in.

a)

Darry

b)

Dally

c)

Steve

d)

Johnny

31.

What was Johnny's favorite part of Gone with the Wind?

a)

He liked the gallant Southern gentlemen.

b)

He could identify with Scarlett's attachment to the land.

c)

He liked the battle scenes.

d)

He liked when Rhett told Scarlett off.

32.

Who is the leader of the greasers?

a)

Darry

b)

Dally

c)

Sodapop

d)

Two-Bit

33.

What time period of "The Outsiders?"

a)

1980s

b)

1960s

c)

1990s

d)

1970s

34.

Which greaser talks a lot?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Dally

c)

Two Bit

d)

Darry

35.

Who said this "I could really fall in love with Dallas Winston."

a)

Marcia

b)

Two-bit

c)

Sandy

d)

Cherry

36.

Who said this "It's okay... We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too."

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Dally

c)

Johnny

d)

Sodapop

37.

Who said this, "For Pete's sake, get outta there! That roof's gonna cave in any minute! Forget those blasted kids!"

a)

Jerry

b)

Dally

c)

Ponyboy

d)

Johnny

38.

What does the fuzz mean?

a)

the police

b)

the soc

c)

the teachers

d)

fuzzy sweaters

39.

What point of view does the book use?

a)

Second Person

b)

First Person

c)

Third Person

40.

Who said that things are "rough all over?" Why?

a)

Marcia

b)

Ponyboy

c)

Cherry

d)

Dally