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The Outsiders Chapters 1-3

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the Narrator?

a)

Soda Pop

b)

Johnnie Cade

c)

Pony Boy

d)

Dally Winston

2.

Which Curtis boy dropped out of school?

a)

Darry

b)

Pony Boy

c)

Soda Pop

d)

Two Bit Mathew

3.

What happened to Pony Boy's parents?

a)

They were hit by a train.

b)

They were killed in an auto wreck

c)

They are both in jail

4.

What happens to Ponyboy on his way home from the movies?

a)

Socs follow and threaten him

b)

Socs are nice to him

c)

Greasers laugh at his movie selection

d)

He steals a car

5.

What is the name of Sodapop's horse?

a)

Bugs Bunny

b)

Paul Newman

c)

Mickey Mouse

d)

Thor

6.

Why do Ponyboy and Johnnie run away?

a)

Dally slapped Ponyboy

b)

Darry slapped Ponyboy

c)

SodaPop slapped Ponyboy

7.

What is the point that Cherry tries to make about the Socs?

a)

Bob is actually a really nice guy

b)

The Socs are all stuck up and mischievous

c)

Things are tough for everyone regardless of who you are

d)

She is in love with Dally

8.

All of the following are problems that Johnny has in his life EXCEPT...

a)

His father beats him

b)

He was badly beaten by the Socs

c)

His mother ignores him

d)

He spend time in jail for stealing

9.

Why does the narrator get ashamed about Sodapop?

a)

Because he doesn't like to admit that they are brothers

b)

Because Sodapop works at a gas station

c)

Because Sodapop is a Soc

d)

Because Sodapop dropped out of high school

10.

Which 2 detail foreshadow who likely jumped Johnny Cade?

a)

The person that beat him was wearing rings

b)

The leader carried a hankerchief

c)

There were 5 socs

d)

They were driving a blue Mustang

11.

What is the setting of chapter 2?

a)

Park

b)

Empty lot beside the house

c)

Drive in movie

d)

The DX where Soda works

12.

Why does Cherry say that she hopes she never sees Dally again?

a)

She can't stand the sight of him

b)

She thinks she might fall in love with him

c)

He frightens her

d)

She can't stand his foul language

13.

hat is likely the reason the Cherry turns white and looks sick when Ponyboy tells her about Johnny?

a)

She can't stand stories about fighting.

b)

She realizes that her boyfriend is the one that jumped Johnny

c)

She feels extreme pity for Ponyboy and Johnny

d)

She feels guilty about her privileges

14.

What is a Metaphor?

a)

Comparing two things using AS or LIKE

b)

Comparing two things using IS or WAS

15.

What is a HYPERBOLE?

a)

An extreme exaggeration

b)

A word that sounds like what it means

16.

"Soda attracted girls like honey attracted flies."

What type of figurative language is this?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

17.

"Life was one big joke to Two Bit."

What kind of figurative language is this?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

18.

"Johnny almost jumped out of his skin."

What type of figurative language is this?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

19.

"Compared to Johnny's home, my home was like Heaven."

What type of Figurative Language is this?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

20.

Which of the following best fits a theme of The Outsiders?"

a)

Rich people and poor people will never understand each other.

b)

You should get to know someone before you judge them.

21.

Movie star handsome, has his dad's eyes, dark gold hair

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Sodapop

c)

Darry

d)

Dally

22.

Oldest greaser, wisecracker

a)

Dally Winston

b)

Darry Curtis

c)

Steve Randal

d)

Two Bit Mathews

23.

Elfish face, high cheekbones, pointed chin, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx.

a)

Darry Curtis

b)

Johnny Cade

c)

Steve Randal

d)

Dally Winston

24.

Like a dark puppy that has been kicked too many times.

a)

Sodapop

b)

Two Bit Mathews

c)

Johnny Cade

d)

Steve Randal

25.

Sandy is his girlfriend, Steve Randal is his best friend, dropped out of high school, works full time at a gas station.

a)

Darry

b)

Sodapop

c)

Ponyboy

26.

How do the greasers dress?

a)

Madras shirts

b)

Tshirts, Sneakers and leather jackes

27.

Who are the Socs?

a)

Rich kids from the east side of town

b)

Rich kids from the west side of town

28.

Who are the greasers?

a)

Poor kids from the East side of town

b)

Poor kids from the West side of town.

29.

What car did the Socs drive before jumping Ponyboy

a)

Blue Mustang

b)

Blue Corvair

c)

Red Mustang

d)

Red Corvair

30.

Why does everybody consider Dally to be so tuff?

a)

He has a bunch of tattoos

b)

He was involved with gangs in New York and has been to jail

c)

He has really big muscles

d)

He is a boxer

31.

Which character was famous for shoplifting?

a)

Darry

b)

Dally

c)

Steve Randal

d)

Two Bit

32.

In what decade does the novel take place?

a)

1940's

b)

1950's

c)

1960's

d)

1980's

33.

In what town and state does The Outsiders take place?

a)

Tulsa, OK

b)

Roswell, NM

c)

Branson, MO

d)

Dallas, TX

34.

In what point of view is The Outsiders written?

a)

1st Person

b)

2nd Person

c)

3rd Person

35.

Whose fighting style is described as cold and impersonal?

a)

Greasers

b)

Socs

36.

Which character runs away from home?

a)

Sodapop

b)

Ponyboy

c)

Johnny Cade

d)

Dally Winston

37.

According to Cherry, why are the Socs so hard to please?

a)

They have extremely high standards

b)

They already have more than they could ever want

c)

They are extremely materialistic.

38.

What do Ponyboy and Cherry watch in the evenings?

a)

The Sunset

b)

Movies

c)

Brawls

39.

Who does Cherry say that she could easily fall in love with?

a)

Sodapop

b)

Darry

c)

Dally

d)

Johnny

40.

Which passage is a good example of foreshadowing?

a)

And Johnny, who was the most law abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a switchblade. He'd use it too, if he ever got jumped again.

b)

I don't know why I could talk to her, maybe for the same reason she could talk to me. The first thing I knew I was telling her about Mickey Mouse

c)

She looked at me quickly. "I could fall in love with Dallas Winston," she said. "I hope I never see him again, or I will."

41.

Which passage is another good example of foreshadowing?

a)

Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong.

b)

I ran home, trembling at the thought of facing Darry. The porch light was on. Maybe they were asleep and I could sneak in, I thought.

c)

Two Bit started at her admiringly. "Brother you're a sharp one. Where'd you two ever get to be picked up by a couple of greasy hoods like Pony and Johnny?"