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The Outsiders Chapters 5 -8

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the book that Johnny buys Ponyboy?

a)

The Hunger Games

b)

Catch-22

c)

Gone with the Wind

d)

Catcher in the Rye

2.
What does Ponyboy think started the fire in the church?
a)
Fireworks
b)
Cigarette
c)
Gasoline
d)
Broken Fuse
3.
What did Ponyboy realize about Darry?
a)
Darry was still angry at him.
b)
Darry was even more angry than before.
c)
Darry really did care about him and loved him.
d)
Darry didn't want him to ever come home again.
4.
Who was waiting for Ponyboy at the hospital?
a)
Two-Bit and Bob
b)
Sodapop and Steve
c)
Cherry and Marcia
d)
Darry and Sodapop.
5.
Who was riding in the ambulance with Ponyboy?
a)
Darry
b)
Sodapop
c)
Jerry. The man he met at the church.
d)
Cherry, the greasers spy.
6.
How did Ponyboy and Johnny get the children out of the church?
a)
held the door open for them
b)
dropped them from a window
c)
used a ladder to get them out the window
d)
didn't get them out of the church
7.
Why did Dally hit Ponyboy on the back with a board?
a)
His back was on fire.
b)
He was mad at him.
c)
Ponyboy hit him first.
8.
Who is going to be the greaser's spy?
a)
Marcia
b)
Cherry
c)
Bob
9.

Pony doesn't want Johnny to cut his hair because

a)

long hair was the Greaser's trademark.

b)

it makes him look tuff.

c)

he hates people with short hair.

d)

both a and b

10.

At the church, when Pony and Johnny talk about the night of the murder

a)

they cry until they get used to the idea.

b)

they decide together to go home and turn themselves in.

c)

they argue and blame each other.

d)

They feel tougher because they stood up for themselves.

11.

When Dally visited Ponyboy and Johnny, he brought a letter from

a)

Cherry Valance

b)

Darry

c)

Sodapop

d)

Two-bit

12.

Why does Johnny decide to turn himself in?

a)

He knows he is guilty.

b)

He thinks his self-defense can be proven.

c)

Dally tells him to, and he always listens to Dally.

d)

He had a dream of his freedom.

13.

Darry was strict with Ponyboy because

a)

he knew that loyalty was important in a gang member’s life.

b)

he knew Ponyboy could not make it on his own.

c)

he feared losing him like his parents.

d)

Darry has no emotions.

14.

Chapter 5: As a result of Bob's death, what is going to happen between the Socs and the Greasers?

a)

The Greasers are going to jump the Socs

b)

The Greasers are going to skip town

c)

The Socs are going to sue the Greasers

d)

The Socs and Greasers are going to rumble

15.

Chapter 7: How does Darry react when he sees Ponyboy in the hospital?

a)

He nods his head

b)

He's angry

c)

He cries

d)

He screams

16.

Chapter 7: Even through Johnny is a hero, and Cherry and Randy said that Johnny killed Bob in self-defense, Johnny is still going to be charged with manslaughter.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Chapter 7: Bob's friend, ________, approaches Ponyboy at the hospital and asks about the children he saved.

a)

Steve

b)

Paul

c)

Mark

d)

Randy

18.

Chapter 8: How does Johnny's mother react when she sees Two-Bit and Ponyboy in the hopsital?

a)

She blames the two boys for what has happened to her son.

b)

She thanks them for saving her son.

c)

She asks them if they can tell her what happened to Johnny.

d)

She cries because she thinks her son is dead.

19.

Chapter 8: What does Two-Bit give Dally when he visits Dally in his hospital room?

a)

A letter from a girl

b)

A pack of cigarettes

c)

A gun

d)

A switchblade

20.

Chapter 8: Cherry says that she cannot visit Johnny in the hospital because she cannot bear to face Bob's killer.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Chapter 7: Who talks to Ponyboy and tells him that he is sick of fighting and doesn't want to do the Rumble?

a)

Randy

b)

Bob

c)

Darry

d)

Dally

22.
Ponyboy discovers through the paper that--
a)
He and Soda might be put in a boys' home
b)
Dally is being charged with Bob's death
c)
the Greasers will be watched more closely by the police
23.
Randy tells Pony that the one thing in life that Bob wanted was for his parents to say - 
a)
they were sorry
b)
no
c)
they loved him
24.
When the brothers were at the hospital, who entertained the reporters by acting like he was one of them?
a)
Ponyboy
b)
Sodapop
c)
Dally
d)
Darry