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The Outsiders - SV Chapters 1-3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"He's not as tall as Darry, and he's a little slimmer, but he has a finely drawn, sensitive face that somehow manages to be (a)   and thoughtful at the same time.

2.

"I could feel my palms getting (a)   and the perspiration running down my back."

3.

"I touched my cheek (a)   ."

4.

"Two-Bit (a)   offered to walk them home--the west side of town was only about twenty miles away--but they wanted to call their parents and have them come and get them."

5.

"I don't really think a beer blast on the river bottom is super-cool, but I'll (a)   about one to a girl friend just to be saying something."

6.

"Well," Cherry said ______________, "they've spotted us."

a)

resignedly

b)

passionately

c)

bleakly

d)

nonchalantly

7.

"Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a ___________ one day and an asset to society the next."

a)

bleak

b)

rave

c)

disgrace

d)

wince

8.

He was famous for shoplifting and his black-handled switchblade (which he couldn't have _______________ without his first talent), and he was always smarting off to the cops.

a)

acquired

b)

dumbfounded

c)

winced

d)

bleak

9.

Dally grinned _____________________, "I'm never nice. Want a Coke?"

a)

resignedly

b)

passionately

c)

roguishly

d)

bleakly

10.

"We're _______________--cool to the point of not feeling anything."

a)

sophisticated

b)

gallant

c)

reckless

d)

disgrace