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Outsiders Vocab 1-6 quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A positive quality or thing that can be used to advantage (noun)

a)

rarity

b)

asset

c)

ruefully

d)

hue

2.

Gloomy; resentfully silent (adj.)

a)

doggedly

b)

aloof

c)

sullen

d)

dumbfounded

3.

Cherry's boyfriend, Bob, drives this tuff car:

a)

Blue Mustang

b)

Yellow Corvair

c)

Pink Cadillac

d)

Little Red Corvette

4.

Expressing strong displeasure at something considered to be insulting or offensive (adj.)

a)

aloof

b)

nonchalant

c)

indignant

d)

apprehensive

5.

dressed (verb)

a)

clad

b)

ornery

c)

gallant

d)

premonition

6.

Brave, heroic, or noble (adj.)

a)

elite

b)

sullen

c)

elude

d)

gallant

7.

Who is the actor that Ponyboy wished he looked more like at the beginning of the story?

a)

Marlon Brando

b)

Paul Newman

c)

Ralph Macchio

d)

Tilda Swinton

8.

Coolly unconcerned or unexcited (adj.)

a)

nonchalant

b)

apprehensive

c)

elite

d)

dumbfounded

9.

Stubborn or grouchy; ill-tempered (adj.)

a)

gallant

b)

ruefully

c)

ornery

d)

sullen

10.

In a persistent or stubborn manner (adv.)

a)

hue

b)

asset

c)

doggedly

d)

reformatory

11.

An institution for juvenile law offenders (noun)

a)

school

b)

reformatory

c)

rarity

d)

dumbfounded

12.

With which brother does Ponyboy have a difficult relationship?

a)

Steve

b)

Darry

c)

Dally

d)

Sodapop

13.

Shocked or astonished; to be made speechless (adj.)

a)

dumbfounded

b)

unfathomable

c)

indignant

d)

apprehensive

14.

Representing the best, most choice, or highest level (adj.)

a)

gallant

b)

hue

c)

elude

d)

elite

15.

Something not often seen or done (noun)

a)

incredulous

b)

hue

c)

premontion

d)

rarity

16.

What is the only honest thing that Dally is known for?

a)

stealing cars

b)

spelling bees

c)

racing horses

d)

playing football

17.

A bad feeling about a future event (noun)

a)

reformatory

b)

apprehensive

c)

premonition

d)

elite

18.

indicating or showing disbelief (adj.)

a)

incredulous

b)

dumbfounded

c)

sullen

d)

apprehensive

19.

Showing sorry or pity (adv.)

a)

ornery

b)

nonchalant

c)

ruefully

d)

elude

20.

What was the name of the musician that Buck Merrill liked and Ponyboy thought was awful?

a)

Elvis Pressley

b)

The Beatles

c)

Johnny Cash

d)

Hank Williams

21.

Not able to be understood (adj.)

a)

unfathomable

b)

incredulous

c)

apprehensive

d)

doggedly

22.

At a distance; feeling apart (adj.)

a)

nonchalant

b)

aloof

c)

clad

d)

elude

23.

Who wrote the poem that ends in the line "Nothing gold can stay" that Ponyboy recites?

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Amanda Gorman

d)

Robert Frost

24.

Nervous or uneasy (adj.)

a)

elite

b)

asset

c)

apprehensive

d)

sullen

25.

A particular variety of a color; a shade (noun)

a)

hue

b)

clad

c)

rarity

d)

gallant

26.

To avoid or escape by being quick or skillful (verb)

a)

clad

b)

premonition

c)

elite

d)

elude

27.

What restaurant does Dally take Ponyboy and Johnny to?

a)

Wendy's

b)

Arby's

c)

Dairy Queen

d)

Chick-fil-A

28.

Who rode in the ambulance with Ponyboy?

a)

Dally

b)

Darry

c)

Johnny

d)

Jerry