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The Outsiders Final Test Study Guide_Munn

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
Date
1.

Where does The Outsiders story take place?

a)

Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s

b)

Chicago, Illinois, 1946

c)

Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1940s

d)

New York City, 1968

2.

What is the tone of the novel, The Outsiders?

a)

The tone is energetic because Ponyboy does not have any time to stop and think.

b)

The tone is optimistic because there is no negativity in the world of the Greasers.

c)

The tone is realistic because the author tried to make her characters true to life.

d)

The tone is pessimistic because the characters are always upset and feeling down.

3.

Who is the narrator in The Outsiders?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Dally

c)

Sodapop

d)

Johnny

4.

What message does Johnny leave in his final note for Ponyboy?

a)

He asks Ponyboy to tell Dally to watch the sunset.

b)

He says that it was worth saving the kids at the church.

c)

He says that he is okay with dying now.

d)

All of the Above

e)

None of the Above

5.

What two things prompted Johnny to stab Bob?

a)

David was choking Ponyboy and the others threatened to go after Cherry and Marcia.

b)

Bob tried to choke Johnny and Randy punched him in the stomach.

c)

David was drowning Ponyboy and the others were going to beat up Johnny.

d)

Randy threatened to hurt Johnny's family and Bob punched him in the stomach.

6.

When Dally knows where Johnny and Ponyboy are hiding out, but Darry is unaware, what type of irony is this?

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

7.

What are the terms of the rumble between the Greasers and the Socs?

a)

If the Socs win, everything stays the same, but if the Greasers win, the Socs have to stay out of the Eastside.

b)

If the Socs win, the Greasers can never go to the Westside again.

c)

If the Greasers win, everything stays the same, but if the Socs win the Greasers cannot drive their cars in the Westside.

d)

If the Greasers win, they can start dating the Soc girls.

8.

According to Bob's friend Randy, why did Bob get into so much trouble?

a)

His older brother got all the attention.

b)

His parents were always fighting and wanted to get a divorce.

c)

His parents gave in to him too much, and he was looking for attention.

d)

His parents were too busy working to notice him.

9.

Why did Dally take the loss of Johnny so hard?

a)

He never lost a friend before.

b)

Johnny was his cousin.

c)

Johnny was the only person in the world he had loved.

d)

He never thought Johnny would die.

10.

Read this excerpt from Chapter 10:


"I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted."


How do we know that Dally meant to die?

a)

He pointed an unloaded gun at the police and knew they would shoot him.

b)

He left behind a note explaining that he was going to take his life.

c)

He told the doctor in the hospital not to treat his wound with antibiotics.

d)

He charged the police with a switchblade and knew they would shoot him.

11.

Which part of the plot is the following?


Ponyboy decides to write the story of Johnny, Dally, and the Greasers.

a)

Exposition

b)

Risng Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

12.

Which part of the plot is the following?


Ponyboy needs to become more mature and not take people for granted.

a)

Exposition

b)

Conflict

c)

Rising Action

d)

Climax

e)

Falling Action

13.

Which part of the plot is the following?


The setting is established and the characters are introduced.

a)

Exposition

b)

Conflict

c)

Rising Action

d)

Climax

e)

Falling Action

14.

Which part of the plot is the following?


Ponyboy reads the letter from Johnny.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

15.

Which part of the plot is the following?


Ponyboy becomes more mature, realizes that Darry loves him, and accepts the deaths of Johnny and Dally.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

16.

Which part of the plot is the following?


Bob is stabbed by Johnny, and then Ponyboy and Johnny run away.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

17.

What is the Best theme for The Outsiders?

a)

Friendship

b)

A young boy learns a valuable lesson.

c)

Family is more important than friends.

d)

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

18.

Who accepts a soda from Dally at the drive-in theater?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Johnny

c)

Cherry

d)

Marcia

19.

Who was Dally's old rodeo partner?

a)

Two-Bit

b)

Steve

c)

Buck

d)

Bob

20.

Works at the gas station with Sodapop?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Dally

c)

Steve

d)

Darry

21.

Who is the 18-year-old comedian of the Greasers?

a)

Johnny

b)

Two-Bit

c)

Soda

d)

Dally

22.

Who tells Ponyboy that he shouldn't be smoking, and tells Ponyboy and Johnny they were "sent from heaven: and heroic"?

a)

Paul Haulden

b)

Dally Winston

c)

Soda Curtis

d)

Jerry Wood

23.

Which one of the Socs was a spy for the Greasers?

a)

Cherry

b)

Marcia

c)

Steve

d)

Bob

24.

Who was the leader of the Socs, who dated Cherry, and is eventually killed by Johnny?

a)

Steve

b)

Buck

c)

Bob

d)

Darry

25.

Which one of the Greasers already spent time in jail, gave advice to Johnny and Ponyboy when they came to him after Bob's death, robs a store, and is shot and killed by the police?

a)

Dally

b)

Darry

c)

Steve

d)

Soda

26.

Who was the smallest member of the Greaser gang?

a)

Johnny

b)

Ponyboy

c)

Two-Bit

d)

Soda

27.

Who was the 16-year-old Curtis brother who was a high school dropout?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Soda

c)

Darry

d)

Dally

28.

Who was the oldest of the Curtis brothers that resembled his father?

a)

Darry

b)

Soda

c)

Ponyboy

d)

Dally

29.

True or False: Darry's silent fear is losing another person he loved.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

True or False: Ponyboy and Sodapop are the boys' nicknames given to them by their father.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

True or False: Ponyboy writes the novel as his English assignment for Mr. Syme.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

True or False: The Socs "win" the rumble against the Greasers.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Who said the following quote in The Outsiders?


"I lie to myself all the time, but I never believe me."

a)

Cherry

b)

Two-Bit

c)

Darry

d)

Soda

e)

Ponyboy

34.

Who said the following quote in The Outsiders?


"We've all we've got left...If we don't have each other, we don't have anything."

a)

Cherry

b)

Two-Bit

c)

Darry

d)

Soda

e)

Ponyboy

35.

Who said the following quote in The Outsiders?


"Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You didn't just turn heroes..."

a)

Cherry

b)

Two-Bit

c)

Darry

d)

Soda

e)

Ponyboy

36.

Who said the following quote in The Outsiders?


"You don't just stop living because you lose someone."

a)

Cherry

b)

Two-Bit

c)

Darry

d)

Soda

e)

Ponyboy

37.

Who said the following quote in The Outsiders?


"Things are rough all over."

a)

Cherry

b)

Two-Bit

c)

Darry

d)

Soda

e)

Ponyboy