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WorksheetsThe Outsiders Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 22mins
The Outsiders was written from which point of view?
Darry
Johnny
Ponyboy
Sodapop
In what decade does The Outsiders take place?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
How is Ponyboy different from the rest of the gang?
He doesn't like to fight
He likes greasy girls and drinking
He enjoys fighting for the sport ot if
He steals and does poorly in school
Who do Johnny idolize and look to as a hero?
Dallas
Ponyboy
Sodapop
Darry
Several times throughout the text, Ponyboy mentions Darry's ice blue eyes. What do Darry's eyes suggest about his personality?
Darry is intense and emotional
Darry is cold and logical
Darry is dreamy and unpredictable
Darry is tranquil and peaceful
Which of the following factored into Johnny's shy, nervous personality?
His verbally abusive mother
His drunk, belligerent, physically abusive father
Being jumped by the Socs
All of the above
Which piece of textual evidence supports the idea that Johnny wanted his parents to care about him?
"I don't guess my parents aren't too worried about me?"
"She's probably come to tell me all the trouble I've caused her."
"His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him except when she was hacked off at something."
"It's worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine."
Which piece of textual evidence shows that Cherry cared about her reputation as a Soc?
"I could fall in love with Dallas Winston."
"No, it wasn't Cherry the Soc who was helping us, it was Cherry the dreamer who watched sunsets and couldn't stand fights."
"Bob was something special. He wasn't just any boy."
"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."
In chapter 2, Cherry tells Ponyboy that "things are rough all over." Finally, in chapter 7, Ponyboy figures out what she meant by that statement. What did she mean?
Everyone watches sunsets
The Socs have a harder life than the greasers.
The greasers have a harder life than the Socs
Everyone has problems, and suffering is part of the human condition
What did Ponyboy mean when he told Randy, "Greaser didn't have anything to do with it... it's the individual."
Most Socs wouldn't have gone in to save the kids in the fire
Most greasers wouldn't have gone in to save the kids in the fire
You can't tell everything about a person by the group he's part of
Only Johnny and Ponyboy would have saved the kids
What does Randy say Bob wanted from his parents that he never received?
Money to get his own place
Freedom to do what he wanted
Help with his problems
To tell him "no"
Before Ponyboy and Johnny escaped to the church, why did Dally tell Johnny not to turn himself in?
Dally would get in trouble for helping them
Johnny would get the electric chair for murder
He didn't want Johnny to end up hardened like him
Because Johnny's parents don't care
The spy for the Greasers
Darry Curtis
Dallas Winston
Bob
Cherry Valance
Killed by Johnny at the park
Sodapop Curtis
Two-Bit Matthews
Cherry Valance
Bob
Tough, mean from the streets of NY
Dallas Winston
Two-Bit Matthews
Darry Curtis
Sodapop Curtis
Serious, and should have gone to college
Bob
Dallas Winston
Darry Curtis
Bob
Very attractive, works at a gas station
Sodapop Curtis
Dallas Winston
Bob
Two-Bit Matthews
A wise-cracker, expert shoplifter
Cherry Valance
Darry Curtis
Bob
Two-Bit Matthews
A scowl is when you have an angry or bad-tempered expression
True
False
Draw (the attention) of someone away from or to something
Scowl
Divert
Delirious
Reluctantly
Not able to think or speak clearly usually because of a high fever or other illness
Scowl
Divert
Delirious
Reluctantly
She was reluctant to lend him the money. What does the term reluctant mean in this sentence?
Unwilling or nervous
Happy to do it
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
Reluctantly
Bewildered
Bleak
Indignant
What does Bewildered mean?
Excited
Wild
Confused, very puzzled
Crazy
The weather looked bleak outside. What does bleak mean in the sentence?
Cold, dark and scary
Warm, sunny
Casually calm and relaxed manner
Nonchalantly
Bleak
Unceasingly
Divert
Without stopping
Scowl
Divert
Nonchalantly
Unceasingly
Before the rumble, what did Ponyboy ask the guys in his gang
whether they really hated Socs.
why they liked to fight.
how they justified hurting someone.
when they thought they'd stop fighting.
Before she left with the Socs, what did Cherry say that shocked Ponyboy.
Her parents were a lot like Johnny's.
She had been born on the East Side.
She could fall in love with Dally.
She wanted to talk to him at school.
Why were the Curtis boys living on their own?
Their parents abandoned them.
Their parents died in a car crash.
The boys ran away from home.
Why did Johnny carry a switchblade?
He was afraid he would be jumped.
He did not trust his friends.
It was a present from Ponyboy.
How does Dally die?
He dies in the hospital from his burns.
He gets shot by the police after robbing the store..
He gets shot by the police at the rumble.
What is a flashback?
a hint or clue of events that will happen later in the novel
when the novel goes back and shows a memory
when the author shows the reader something about a character's personality
Which quote is an example of a flashback?
“’He wants a copy of Gone with the Wind so I can read it to him”
“And I don’t like to talk about it either – Johnny getting beat up, I mean.”
“In the country…I loved the country.”
