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The Outsiders - Novel Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Throws the first punch in the rumble:

a)

Darrel Curtis

b)

Paul Holden

c)

Dallas Winston

d)

Tim Shepard

2.

Mysteriously moves to Florida to live with their grandmother:

a)

Cherry

b)

Marcia

c)

Sandy

d)

Randy

3.

Bad home life; known for telling his friend to "stay gold"

a)

Ponyboy Curtis

b)

Dallas Winston

c)

Two-Bit Matthews

d)

Johnny Cade

4.

Known for his prized switchblade; real name is Keith

a)

Dallas Winston

b)

Johnny Cade

c)

Two-Bit Matthews

d)

Bob Sheldon

5.

Met Ponyboy and Johnny for the first time at the drive-in; good friend has red hair; flirted with Two-Bit

a)

Cherry

b)

Marcia

c)

Sandy

d)

Susan

6.

Soc who spied for the Greasers; likes to watch sunsets

a)

Cherry

b)

Marcia

c)

Randy

d)

Bob

7.

Soc who wears rings; stabbed by a Greaser

a)

Randy Adderson

b)

Buck Merril

c)

Paul Holden

d)

Bob Sheldon

8.

Soda's best friend; loves cars; works at a gas station

a)

Dallas Winston

b)

Two-Bit Matthews

c)

Steve Randle

d)

Johnny Cade

9.

Most dangerous Greaser; killed by police gunfire

a)

Johnny Cade

b)

Bob Sheldon

c)

Dallas Winston

d)

Randy Adderson

10.

Turned down a football scholarship to raise his siblings

a)

Paul Holden

b)

Dallas Winston

c)

Darrel Curtis

d)

Sodapop Curtis

11.

Leader of a rougher Greaser gang; considered a "hood"

a)

Tim Shephard

b)

Buck Merril

c)

Steve Randle

d)

Curly Shephard

12.

Loves to read books and watch movies; narrator of the book

a)

Johnny

b)

Ponyboy

c)

Sodapop

d)

Darry

13.

Soc who decided not to fight in the rumble

a)

Bob

b)

Randy

c)

Paul

d)

David

14.

Dally's rodeo partner

a)

Cherry Valance

b)

Steve Randle

c)

Two-Bit Matthews

d)

Buck Merril

15.

Tired of being asked to choose sides when his brothers argue

a)

Darry

b)

Ponyboy

c)

Sodapop

d)

Dally

16.

Ponyboy had two thoughts in his head when he left the movie house: Paul Newman and

a)

Elvis

b)

Cherry Valance

c)

a ride home

d)

a new car

17.

Ponyboy enjoys going to a movie alone so that he

a)

can see the movie without having to put up with wisecracks

b)

can watch the film closely and write about it later

c)

can watch the movie undisturbed, and live it with the actors

d)

can escape his greaser friends and for a time pretend to be a Soc

18.

Why were the Curtis boys living on their own?

a)

Their parents had abandoned them

b)

Their parents died in a plane crash

c)

Their parents died in a car crash

d)

The boys ran away from home

19.
What do the characters in the book refer to “guns” as?
a)
Hammers
b)
Sticks
c)
Canes
d)
Heaters
20.
Why did Johnny Cade carry a switchblade around with him?
a)
He was afraid he would be jumped
b)
He didn’t trust his friends
c)
Pony gave it to him as a gift
d)
So he could kill Bob
21.
Why couldn’t Darry call the cops when Ponyboy didn’t come home on time?
a)
The police don’t like their family
b)
He doesn’t own a phone
c)
Ponyboy might get put in a foster home
d)
Darry doesn’t trust the cops
22.
What is the name of the drive-in where Ponyboy meets Cherry Valance?
a)
The Dingo
b)
Daily Double
c)
Nightly Double
d)
Spencer’s Special
23.
When Darry and Ponyboy get into a huge argument and Ponyboy runs out to find Johnny, what does Pony tell him?
a)
Stay gold
b)
They’re going to the cops to press charges
c)
They’re going to look a fight
d)
They’re running away
24.
Why did the Socs go find Johnny and Ponyboy in the park after the movies?
a)
They wanted to fight
b)
They were lost
c)
They wanted to apologize
d)
They wanted to challenge them to a rumble
25.
What makes Ponyboy realize that the Socs in the park are the same ones that beat up Johnny?
a)
the way they talked
b)
the rings on one of the Soc’s hands
c)
the fact that they were drunk
d)
their clothing
26.
How did Bob get stabbed?
a)
Johnny was trying to save Ponyboy
b)
Bob tripped and fell on his blade
c)
Ponyboy was trying to save Johnny
d)
Bob was holding Pony underwater
27.
When the boys left town to hide out in Windrixville, what were they given for the trip
a)
a copy of Gone with the Wind and money
b)
money and a gun
c)
cigarettes and bologna
d)
money and hair dye
28.
Who was Cherry’s boyfriend?
a)
Johnny
b)
Two-Bit
c)
Bob
d)
Randy
29.
Who did not help save the children from the burning church?
a)
Johnny
b)
Dally
c)
Ponyboy
d)
None of the above
30.
Although Ponyboy agrees with Johnny that a disguise is a good idea, he resists cutting off his hair because:
a)
he has nothing to cut his hair with except Johnny's knife
b)
Darry and Sodapop will get mad
c)
his gang will make fun of him
d)
he thinks long hair is tuff
31.
After Johnny is brutally beaten by the Socs he:
a)
vows that he will have revenge against the Socs
b)
is too afraid to fight
c)
carries a six-inch switchblade
d)
remains in his house most of the time
32.
How does Johnny disguise himself from the police?
a)
dyes his hair blond and cuts it short
b)
dyes his hair blond, but keeps it long
c)
grows a mustache and cuts his hair short
d)
cuts his hair short
33.
Which of the following does Ponyboy NOT do before the rumble?
a)
gives Dallas a switchblade
b)
takes five aspirin
c)
performs acrobatics
d)
asks his friends why they like to fight
34.
What color is used repeatedly in the book and what does it represent?
a)
blue = Socs
b)
gray = coldness
c)
gold = goodness
d)
red = anger
35.
Whose arrival at the rumble caused a distraction which started the fight?
a)
Darry
b)
Dally
c)
Paul
d)
Randy
36.
Johnny compares Dally to:
a)
a New York hoodlum
b)
a tough, killer who shows no mercy
c)
one of King Arthur's knights
d)
a gallant Southern gentleman
37.
Who answered the door when Johnny and Ponyboy left the murder scene and went to find Dally?
a)
Buck Merril
b)
Paul Holden
c)
Steve Randall
d)
Tim Shephard
38.
Dally is afraid that jail will:
a)
kill Johnny
b)
harden Johnny into a hoodlum like him
c)
reform Johnny
d)
make Johnny a more sensitive guy
39.
Ponyboy realizes that Darry really loves him when:
a)
Darry saves him from serious injury
b)
Darry permits him to join the rumble against the Socs
c)
he wakes up to find Darry sitting beside his bed
d)
he sees Darry crying at the hospital
40.
The morning after Ponyboy returns home, the newspaper headline reads:
a)
YOUNG HOODLUMS ARRESTED AT ABANDONED CHURCH
b)
JUVENILE DELINQUENTS CAPTURED
c)
JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TURN HEROES
d)
INNOCENT YOUTHS RELEASED BY THE POLICE
41.
Even before the rumble between the Greasers and the Socs, Ponyboy realizes that:
a)
a skin fight is the only way to establish their respective turfs
b)
the results of the rumble can finally create peace between the two gangs
c)
the Socs will not honor the terms that the war councils have agreed upon
d)
violence is senseless
42.
Ponyboy believes there’s only one reason to fight:
a)
revenge
b)
self-defense
c)
protection of your property
d)
running out of hair grease
43.
According to Randy, Bob really wanted his parents to:
a)
discipline him
b)
leave him completely alone
c)
give in to him in all the time
d)
give him everything money can buy
44.
Johnny’s dying words to Ponyboy are:
a)
“Go for the gold."
b)
“Nothing gold can stay."
c)
"Stay gold."
d)
"You can see the sunset real good from the West Side."
45.
Dally is taken down by police bullets when he:
a)
challenges the police with an unloaded gun
b)
threatens a doctor in the hospital with a switchblade
c)
fires on the police after robbing a grocery store
d)
runs from the police after they order him to freeze and put his hands in the air
46.
When Ponyboy begins to fail English, his teacher:
a)
still gives him an A
b)
makes him stay for detention to make up his missed schoolwork
c)
offers him the opportunity to write a composition in order to earn a passing grade
d)
gives him a failing grade and tells him that he will have to take the class again
47.
What do the boys eat when they are hiding out in the church?
a)
bologna and hot dogs
b)
bologna and candy bars
c)
hot dogs and ice cream
d)
ice cream and candy bars
48.
Sodapop is miserable for all except one of the following reasons:
a)
Darry and Ponyboy argue too much
b)
Darry and Ponyboy are always putting him in the middle
c)
His girlfriend Sandy has left him
d)
Working at the gas station is a dead-end job
49.

Darry, Soda, and Pony were all very close to each other due to their parents' death.

a)

true

b)

false

50.

Ponyboy's hatred of the Socs becomes increasingly worse after Johnny's death.

a)

true

b)

false

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