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The Outsiders

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Socs do when they jumped Ponyboy after he left the movie?

a)

They stuffed him into the trunk of a Corvair and drove him to a vacant lot.

b)

They threatened to cut off his hair, and one pulled a knife on him.

c)

They said he needed more grease and poured a can of motor oil over his head.

d)

They swung bicycle chains and warned him to stay out of their drive-in.

2.

Cherry was "white as a sheet" after Ponyboy told her about ___.

a)

the rumble in which Sodapop had been cut with a broken bottle

b)

the vivid, recurring nightmares he had about his parents' car crash

c)

Randy's threat to teach the "dirty greasers" a lesson they'd never forget

d)

Johnny's beating by four Socs driving a blue Mustang

3.

According to Cherry, how were greasers different from Socs?

a)

They could find a little good in even bad situations.

b)

They seemed older.

c)

They were emotional.

d)

They forgave more quickly.

4.

Before she left with the Socs, what did Cherry say that shocked Ponyboy?

a)

She had been born on the East Side.

b)

Her parents were a lot like Johnny's.

c)

She wanted to talk to him at school.

d)

She could fall in love with Dally.

5.

What did Johnny make while Ponyboy read from GONE WITH THE WIND?

a)

The Confederate and Union armies were just like greasers and Socs

b)

He and Ponyboy should run away to Atlanta

c)

Ponyboy would probably ride into sure death to be gallant

d)

The Southern gentlemen reminded him of Dally

6.

While they were saving the kids, what did Ponyboy notice about Johnny?

a)

His fear seemed even greater that that of the kids.

b)

His eyes didn't have their usual defeated, suspicious look.

c)

His mouth was set in the same grim line that was Dally's trademark.

d)

He gently placed the kids outside one by one.

7.

At the Tasty Freeze, what did Randy tell Ponyboy as they sat in the Mustang?

a)

He was sick of the fighting and wasn't going to show up at the rumble.

b)

The Socs were planning to bring weapons to the rumble.

c)

He had tipped off the police about the rumble.

d)

Bob had been trying for weeks to get the greasers angry enough to rumble.

8.

Before the rumble, what did Ponyboy ask the guys in his gang?

a)

why they liked to fight

b)

when they thought they'd stop fighting

c)

whether they really hated Socs

d)

how they justified hurting someone

9.

Ponyboy worried that when he'd been delirious, he had ____.

a)

admitted his true feelings for Cherry

b)

revealed Dally's secret

c)

talked about where he'd hidden the gun

d)

asked only for Sodapop and not for Darry

10.

In Ponyboy's room, Randy looked at Ponyboy strangely when he said ___.

a)

asked him to visit Johnny at the hospital

b)

told him to "stay away"

c)

he had killed Bob

d)

told him Cherry was a spy