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Midterm Literature SG 8th grade

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dally gives the guys what?

a)

cash

b)

food

c)

a gun

d)

a coat

2.

How do pony and Johnny escape?

a)

caught a ride with a farmer

b)

Hitchhiked

c)

Hopped a train

d)

Dally drove them

3.

Curly Shepard could sent to a reformatory. What is a reformatory?

a)

A new high school being built on the west side

b)

A maximum security prison because a crime has been committed

c)

a foster home because the child isn't well cared for at home

d)

a place where young people are sent instead of prison

4.

Why isn't Dally worried about the police finding the boys?

a)

They don't know about the abandoned church

b)

they think the boys did it

c)

They think Dally did it

d)

They think the boys went to Texas

5.

How do the boys pass the time in the church

a)

Reading and playing cards.

b)

Smoking and shooting at wildlife.

c)

Telling stories about the Socs.

d)

Going for long walks in the countryside.

6.

Why do the Socs go out of their way to look for Pony and Johnny?

a)

They are actually just lost.

b)

They want to kill them.

c)

They want to intimidate them and teach them a lesson.

d)

They want to thank them for taking good care of their girls.

7.

Who almost drowns in the fountain?

a)

Johnny

b)

Randy

c)

Ponyboy

d)

Bob

8.

How does Bob die?

a)

He is shot

b)

He gets in a car crash

c)

Pony stabs him

d)

Johnny stabs him

9.

Why does Bob die?

a)

He is Cherry's boyfriend

b)

He is drowing another character

c)

He is the leader of the group

d)

A member of his gang is angry

10.

Who helps Johnny and Pony escape?

a)

Darry

b)

Dally

c)

Buck

d)

Two-bit

11.

Why does Johnny buy Gone With the Wind?

a)

He knows Pony lkes this book

b)

Johnny likes to read

c)

It is the only one at the store

d)

They will need paper for fire

12.

Why is Cherry the spy?

a)

She secretly wants to be a greaser

b)

She wants dally to like her

c)

She thinks the can stop thier fighting

d)

She feels responsible for their trouble

13.

Ponyboy's heroes are

a)

The Southern gentlemen

b)

the Socs

c)

Dally and Two-Bit

d)

people in books

14.

Ponyboy couldn't have Dally as a hero because

a)

he breaks laws just for fun

b)

he's rude to girls

c)

Dally doesnt like Pony

d)

he reminds Pony too much of the Sad reality of his life

15.

Having your hair cut

a)

pride

b)

removing identity

c)

cleanliness

d)

showing characters are hoods

16.

What does Dally bring when he visits the boys?

a)

Letters for both of them

b)

a gun

c)

a newspaper

d)

a letter for Pony

17.

What is the example Johnny gives to show why Dally is gallant.

a)

He helps the boys escape.

b)

He comes to visit them at the church.

c)

He takes the blame when Two-Bit breaks the law.

d)

He helps save the little kids.

18.

What does Dally say to try to convince Johnny NOT to turn himself in?

a)

He doesn't think Johnny would receive a fair trial.

b)

Dally thinks the judge will believe the Socs story.

c)

He doesn't want Johnny to become hardened in jail.

d)

Dally doesn't trust the police.

19.

 

Why does Johnny react like "he was having the time of his life" while saving the kids?

a)

He knows what it's like to fell alone and unwanted

b)

He wants to lose the greaser image

c)

He's making up for taking a life

d)

He wants to impress pony

20.

What setting changes the most in the hospital when Darry sees Pony

a)

Time

b)

Place

c)

Social

d)

Psychological

21.

Johnny breaks this while saving the kids.

a)

arm

b)

leg

c)

ribs

d)

back

22.

This item saves Pony's life at the church fire.

a)

Gun

b)

Switchblade

c)

Jacket

d)

Broken bottle

23.

The boys eat this while in hiding.

a)

Baloney sandwiches

b)

Hamburgers

c)

Cereal

d)

Jun food

24.

Pony thinks this started the church fire.

a)

A cigarette

b)

A gun

c)

Fireworks

d)

a book

25.

Cherry drives this car.

a)

A blue mustang

b)

A red Sting Ray

c)

A green Corvair

26.

Two-Bit hands this item to Pony when the Socs confront them.

a)

His switchblade

b)

a gun

c)

a metal pipe

d)

a broken bottle

27.

Who is Bob's girlfriend?

(a)  

28.

Who is Randy's girlfriend?

(a)  

29.

Who said, "Hop the 3:15 freight to Windrixville."

(a)  

30.

Who said, "I don't see why he gave me this. I couldn't shoot anybody."

(a)  

31.

Who said, "Don't cry, Pony, we'll be okay."

(a)  

32.

Who said, "Don't worry, it ain't loaded...But it sure does help a bluff."

(a)  

33.

Who said, "I don't guess my parents are worried about me or anything?"

(a)  

34.

Psychological setting is often shown in a character's internal conflict.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

What is Two-Bit's most prized possession? *

a)

His car

b)

His high school diploma

c)

His switchblade

d)

His greaser hair

36.

Cherry and Marcia are at the movies alone because

a)

They dont have a car

b)

theyve been rejected by the other Socs

c)

thier boyfriends bough alcohol on the date

d)

theyre hoping to find new boyfriends

37.

Why is Darry the provider (head) of the household?

a)

thier parents abandoned the children

b)

the father died in the Korean war

c)

The children were adopted

d)

The parents died in a car accident

38.

Pony and Cherry discuss sunsets

a)

because they run out of things to say

b)

because they both like to draw them

c)

to show that they have more similarities than differences

d)

to show the others how deep they are.

39.

What is the first major rule in the Greaser group

(a)  

40.

What is the second major rule in the Greaser group?

(a)  

41.

In Johnny's mind, Bob's rings symbolize

(a)  

42.

Why does Johnny always carry a six-inch switchblade in his pocket?

a)

In case he needs to go camping

b)

He has been badly beaten up before

c)

He uses it to rob stores

d)

He uses it to make things out of wood

43.

Why does Two-Bit slap Ponyboy hard across the side of the head?

a)

Poyboy criticizes Darry

b)

He makes a reference to Johnny's life at home

c)

Ponyboy makes a "d" on his report card

d)

he walks alone after the movies and gets jumped

44.

What does Darry do to Ponyboy for the first time ever?

a)

He praises him for good grades

b)

He makes him sleep outside

c)

He lets Ponyboy skip school

d)

he hits ponyboy

45.

A jokester whose real name is Keith

(a)  

46.

The Curtis boy who is a dropout

(a)  

47.

"I'm never nice. Want a Coke?"

(a)  

48.

Drinks the Coke from Dally

(a)  

49.

Nervous boy who was beaten badly

(a)  

50.

20 year old caretaker of his brothers

(a)  

51.

Finds Johnny's jean jacket

(a)  

52.

"I could fall in love with Dallas Winston."

(a)  

53.

"Come on Johnny, we're running away."

(a)  

54.

characterization is

a)

the collection of people or creatures in a story

b)

how an author creates characters in a story

c)

tension between chracters or in character's mind

d)

descriptions or words that portray feelings or emotions or a have a non-literal meaning

55.

The blue mustang in the story symbolizes

a)

wealth and priviledge of the social class

b)

cold evil

c)

fun times that the Socs experience but the Greasers do not

d)

all of the left

56.

What is the setting of the stories?

a)

Texas, 1980's

b)

New York City, 1950's

c)

Kansas, 1960's

d)

Tulsa, 1960's

57.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that Ponyboy admires Sodapop? *

a)

he is handsome and girls are attracted to him

b)

he always seems to have a posotive attitude

c)

he gets along with everyone, including Darry

d)

He is a high school dropout

58.

Tim Shepard's gang is

a)

a rival of Pony's gang

b)

a group Socs

c)

a bunch of hoods

d)

a group who gets in a fight at the movie

59.

Who is the Narrator of the Outsiders?

(a)  

60.

Why is Ponyboy so young to be in high school?

a)

he was skipped a grade ahead

b)

he lief about his age

c)

he really wasn't in high school

d)

his birthday was at an odd time for others his age.

61.

What does social setting mean?

a)

how characters relate to each other

b)

how society sees groups of people

c)

why characters get along with others

d)

all of the above

62.

cherry is afraid of Dalls Winston because of his arrest record

a)

true

b)

false

63.

According to Cherry, what is the biggest difference between Greasers and Socs?

a)

The amount of money each family has

b)

the Socs have more girl in thier group

c)

How each group deals with emotions

d)

the side of town each lives on