WorksheetsThe Outsiders - Final Novel Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Ponyboy ran away from home because
Darry threatened to kick him out of the house
Sodapop told the gang he had been hanging out with a Soc (Cherry)
Darry hit him
Darry told him to leave
Throughout most of the book, how did Ponyboy feel about Darry?
Ponyboy felt like he needed to protect Darry.
He felt like he could never please Darry.
He thought that Darry blamed him for his parent's death.
He felt like Darry was the best friend he ever had.
Where did Ponyboy and Johnny hide out when they ran away.
Windrixville
Tulsa
Texas
Dally's house
At the end of the novel, how has Pony's view of the Socs changed?
He now hates them even more.
He now sees them as cold and unfeeling.
He wants to be friends with them.
Sees them as human beings with problems like himself.
Why does Dally want to die?
He can't handle the stress, emotions, etc., from Johnny's death.
Johnny was the only person he really cared about and doesn't want to live without him.
He was just tired of being on the run from the law
None of these are the real reason.
In chapter 12, when Darry and Pony have a big argument, Soda tells them that -
he is going to Florida to be with Sandy.
he is moving out.
he can't stand being in the middle of their fights
he misses their parents.
In his note to Pony, Johnny tells Pony that it was not worth saving the kids.
True
False
Ponyboy "writes" the story of The Outsiders - the whole novel was his theme/essay for English class.
True
False
This character argues with Ponyboy that the Socs have problems too.
Randy
Cherry
Dally
Bob
Which one of these is NOT a theme of The Outsiders?
Don't judge a book by it's cover
Friends are the family you choose
Don't be afraid to be yourself
Fighting solves all problems
Why does Johnny kill Bob?
The Socs were trying to get Ponyboy in trouble and kept threatening to hurt his brothers.
The Socs were drowning Pony and threatened to beat up Johnny like they did before.
The other greasers told Johnny he should seek revenge by killing the Soc.
Ponyboy wants to date Cherry and Bob was in the way.
When Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny go to the movies, who do they meet at the drive-in?
Bob and Randy
Dally's dad
Darry and Soda
Cherry and Marcia
What does Cherry mean when she tells Pony, "Things are tough all over."
That the Socs don't have it so easy either.
That she doesn't care about what bothers him.
Life is what you make of it.
The greasers have it worse than anybody.
Why is it important to know that Bob has 3 rings on his hand?
Johnny was jumped by someone with three rings and the rings cut him up.
Soda was missing his class ring, so Bob must have stolen it.
Dally had lost three rings
Those rings end up in the fountain.
Why couldn't Darry call the police when Pony didn't come home on time?
The police don't like the brothers.
He doesn't have a phone.
Ponyboy and Soda may have to go to foster home or a home for boys.
Darry would lose his job.
Ponyboy had two thoughts in his head when he left the movie house:
Paul Newman and mustangs
Paul Newman and a ride home
Paul Newman and Judy Garland
Paul Newman and his brothers.
Why do you think Dally went into the church to save Johnny if he didn't care about anything?
Dally was really going into the church to get the gun, not Johnny.
Dally has a big family and thought what if it was one of them.
Dally had a heart, he just hid it under his tough exterior.
Johnny had the money on him, and he didn't want the money to burn.
What point of view is the story told in?
First person point of view
Second person point of view
Third person limited point of view
How did Johnny's previous problem with the Socs contribute to the fight by the water fountain?
He carried a gun.
Johnny was happier.
Johnny had a switch on him now, and he was willing to use it if someone threatened him or his friends.
Johnny was overheard saying that he was going to join the Socs and quit the Greasers.
What was The Outsiders?
A story that was told by Ponyboy's parents
A story written by Ponyboy for an assignment
A movie by Ponyboy and Soda
A story written by Soda before he dropped out of school.
What were Johnny's last words to Ponyboy?
"Tell my parents not to be afraid."
"Enjoy your life."
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..."
"Look out for yourself."
How do we know the Greasers won the rumble?
The Socs all are knocked out.
The Socs run away.
The Socs surrender and become Greasers.
The Socs hand the Greasers a written agreement not to fight anymore.
Johnny wanted Ponyboy to tell Dallas to what?
Watch a sunset
Make peace with his family
Try not to break the law anymore
Read a good book
Before Cherry got into the car with the Soc boys, she said, “Ponyboy... I mean... if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don't say hi, well, it's not personal or anything, but...” Why did she say this?
Cherry was older than Ponyboy, so she didn't want to associate with him at school.
Cherry knew that Ponyboy was dangerous, so she made a decision not to talk to him.
Cherry believed if she talked to Ponyboy, her boyfriend Bob would “jump” him.
Cherry knew that her friends and family wouldn't approve of her friendship with Ponyboy.
After Johnny killed Bob, Ponyboy and Johnny did not go to the police. Why?
They believed Johnny would be put on death row for murder.
Dally cared more about them than anybody else in the gang, and he would know better than the police what they should do.
Johnny was scared that the police would tell his parents and that they would beat him again.
S. E. Hinton uses symbolism to separate the Socs from the greasers. Choose the items that are symbolic to the greasers only.
madras, East Side, long hair
Corvairs, West Side, madras
East Side, long hair, leather jackets
East Side, Corvairs, long hair
What was S. E. Hinton's purpose when she included a conversation about sunsets between Ponyboy and Cherry?
To show that Ponyboy and Cherry both watched sunsets.
To explain that sunsets are important to both greasers and Socs.
To symbolize that all people, rich and poor, have some things in common.
To demonstrate that sunsets mean different things to everyone.
When the church caught on fire, Ponyboy and Johnny ran in to save the kids. How was Johnny different in that moment than he was in the beginning of the novel?
Johnny was scared and begging Ponyboy to get out of the burning building.
Johnny became heroic and showed a confidence that had not been there before.
Johnny showed cruelty towards the kids, the same kind of cruelty that the Socs showed the greasers.
Johnny was indifferent; he didn't care if the kids made it out alive.
In Chapter 10, Dally made a spontaneous decision to rob a grocery store. What event happened that prompted him to make this irrational decision?
Cherry asked Dally to take her out on a date, so he robbed the store to pay for the date.
Dally wanted to be in the newspaper, so Dally robbed the store so they'd write an article about him.
Johnny died from his wounds, so Dally robbed the store because his grief made him reckless.
When Johnny was dying, he told Ponyboy to “stay gold.” What did this mean
Johnny was encouraging Ponyboy to continue making good grades so he could better his life.
Johnny wanted Ponyboy to remain dreamy and pure like a child.
Johnny wanted Ponyboy to know that he was okay with dying.
Johnny wanted Ponyboy to remember their time in the country together.
The Greasers vs. the Socs is an example of this type of element of literature.
setting
internal conflict
characterization
external conflict
Why is Dally upset with Johnny when Johnny tells him that the boys want to go back and turn themselves into the police?
Because he doesn't want Johnny to go to jail. Jail turned Dally into a hardened, uncaring person.
Because Dally was hauled into the police station and had to stay there for hours while he was questioned.
Because Dally went out of his way to help the boys, getting them to a hideout and giving them money.
Dally is sick of always having to take care of Johnny.
Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in?
Their boyfriends left because they did not like the movie
Their boyfriends walked off with two other girls
The girls decided to go off by themselves
The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out they had been drinking.
Since Johnny and Pony were in hiding, all of the following is TRUE about the situation between the Greasers and Socs, EXCEPT
Darry has been arrested.
Two-Bit was jumped.
Dally is now carrying a heater (gun).
Greasers are not safe walking alone.
Who is being described? “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world. He was tougher than the rest of us-tougher, colder, meaner.”
Sodapop
Darry
Two-Bit
Dally
Who is being described? “He’s always happy-go-lucky and grinning. He gets drunk on just plain living. And he understands everybody.”
Two-Bit
Sodapop
Johnny
Ponyboy
Who is being described? “He was the gang’s pet, everyone’s kid brother.”
Johnny
Dally
Steve
Darry
Who is being described? “He looks older than twenty--tough, cool, and smart. He would be real handsome if his eyes weren’t so cold. He doesn’t understand anything that is not plain hard fact. But he uses his head.”
Sodapop
Ponyboy
Darry
Tim Shepard
Who is being described: “…I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything, but I don’t use my head” (4).
Ponyboy
Johnny
Sodapop
Two-Bit
Who is being described: “…the oldest of the gang and the wisecracker of the bunch. He was about six feet tall, stocky in build, and very proud of his long, rusty-colored sideburns...He was famous for shoplifting and his black-handled switchblade (which he couldn’t have acquired without his first talent)” (9/10).
Steve
Two-Bit
Sodapop
Darry
Who is being described? “…was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was cocky, smart, and Soda’s best buddy since grade school…he also knew cars upside-down and backwards” (9).
Two-Bit
Steve
Ponyboy
Johnny
