WorksheetsThe Outsiders Chapters 11-12
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What made Ponyboy proud during the hearing?
The judge told him he heard about his track record.
The pictures from the newspaper were shown.
Darry and Soda said Ponyboy was a good student.
Both Darry and Soda admitted Dally was their friend.
What was the result of the hearing?
Ponyboy was acquitted and the case was closed.
Ponyboy was put on probation for two years.
Ponyboy would only be removed from the home for six months.
Ponyboy would have to spend some time in the reformatory.
Why didn’t the judge ask Ponyboy about the shooting?
The doctor talked to the judge in advance.
Ponyboy’s lawyer objected when he mentioned it.
Ponyboy started trembling when he mentioned it.
Darry asked him not to talk about it.
Even though Ponyboy went after two Socs with a broken bottle, what action let the reader know that Ponyboy wasn’t hardened like a hood?
Ponyboy told them he was sorry.
Ponyboy dropped the bottle and ran.
Ponyboy picked up the broken pieces of the bottle.
Ponyboy wrote them a letter of apology.
Why was Soda in a bad mood?
A Soc called him a dropout.
He lost his job at the auto shop.
A man from the government wants to talk with him about Ponyboy.
The letter from Sandy came back in the mail unopened.
What did Ponyboy and Darry promise Soda?
They would beat up the Soc that called him names.
They would talk things out instead of fighting.
They would write Sandy a letter for him.
They would clean up the house
What did Johnny mean when he told Ponyboy to “stay gold”?
Be green like the springtime, and don’t get used to things like adults and take things for granted.
Go for first place, like gold, when running track or participating in other extra-curricular activities.
Stay focused on your schoolwork, so you can go to college and make something with your life.
Be gold like autumn leaves, because they are a warning that a cold winter will be here soon.
What motivated Ponyboy to write the story of the Greasers?
To help the Socs realize that Johnny didn’t mean to kill Bob.
So people will not be too quick to judge people like them.
To help Darry get a scholarship to college.
So people will understand the Socs.
Which is the BEST theme for The Outsiders?
Friendship
A young boy learns a valuable lesson.
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Family is more important than friends.
Ponyboy doesn’t want to admit to himself that Johnny is dead because he
will have to go to the hearing.
will have to remember the fire.
misses Johnny too much.
can't remember Johnny because of his injury.
Why did Ponyboy keep saying that he killed Bob?
He really was the one who killed Bob.
He had a concussion and was very emotional about Johnny’s death.
He was trying to confuse everyone.
He was covering for Two-Bit
After the hearing,
Ponyboy does poorly in school.
Ponyboy’s life goes back to normal.
Ponyboy becomes a juvenile delinquent.
Gets straight A's
