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The Outsiders Whole Book Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Johnny killed Bob here

a)

Ponyboy's house

b)

Windrixville

c)

fountain

d)

vacant lot

2.

Johnny's mother was here

a)

burning church

b)

hospital

c)

Ponyboy's house

d)

Windrixville

3.

Pony and Johnny get off the train here

a)

hospital

b)

vacant lot

c)

Windrixville

d)

Ponyboy's house

4.

Bob hurt Johnny badly here

a)

vacant lot

b)

burning church

c)

fountain

d)

hospital

5.

Dally rescues Johnny here

a)

Windrixville

b)

Ponyboy's house

c)

fountain

d)

burning church

6.

A Soc who like sunsets

a)

Bob

b)

Ponyboy

c)

Cherry

d)

Soda

7.

The first fighter in the big rumble

a)

Two-Bit

b)

Darry

c)

Ponyboy

d)

Dally

8.

Character who loans his knife to Dally

a)

Johnny

b)

Two-Bit

c)

Ponyboy

d)

Tim Shepard

9.

Character who brings Gone With the Wind to the church

a)

Johnny

b)

Dally

c)

Ponyboy

d)

Cherry

10.

Character who decides to write about the greasers

a)

Johnny

b)

Cherry

c)

Darry

d)

Ponyboy

11.

According to Ponyboy, tough and tuff mean the same thing.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Ponyboy tries to quit smoking.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Sodapop dropped out of school with a poor academic performance.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Dallas had the look of a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Ponyboy's hatred of the Socs becomes more intense after Johnny's death.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Ponyboy enjoys going to the movies alone so that he

a)

can see the movie without having to put up with wisecracks from his friends

b)

can watch the movie undisturbed, and live it with the actors

c)

can escape the Socs completely

17.

Sodapop doesn't drink alcohol because

a)

he believes that drinking is wrong

b)

he gets drunk on just plain living

c)

Sandy told him she doesn't like drinking

18.

After Johnny kills the Soc at the fountain, he and Ponyboy

a)

run off to find Darry

b)

decide to sleep at the vacant lot

c)

head to Buck Merril’s place

19.

Hopping off the train in the country was like a dream come true for Pony

a)

because now he and Johnny were safe from the law

b)

because he knows Dally would be proud of him

c)

because he had dreamed of a perfect life in the country

20.

Pony recited the poem to Johnny because

a)

a beautiful sunrise made him think of it

b)

he was thinking about his English teacher

c)

he thought Johnny should learn it

21.

Cherry tells Pony that a big difference between Greasers and Socs is

a)

Greasers like fights and rumbles more than Socs do

b)

Greasers have a lot of feelings and Socs don’t really feel anything

c)

Socs think beer blasts are cool and Greasers don’t

22.

Which description best describes Johnny’s emotions during the fire?

a)

He felt bad because they had started the fire

b)

He felt happy because he was able to save the kids

c)

He felt scared and just wanted to get out

23.

Ponyboy realizes that Darry really loves him when

a)

he sees Darry crying at the hospital

b)

Darry permits him to join the rumble against the Socs

c)

Darry calls him "little buddy" when Pony is sick

24.

Johnny refuses to see his mother at the hospital mainly because

a)

she never paid attention to him before he was hurt

b)

he is in too much pain to see her

c)

she was extremely rude to Pony and Two-Bit

25.

Why does Randy tell Pony that he’s not going to show up at the rumble?

a)

He doesn’t want the Socs to know he’s now friends with Pony

b)

His old man told him he can’t show up there

c)

He’s sick of fighting and upset over Bob’s death

26.

Dally is cut down by police bullets when he

a)

runs from the police after they order him to halt

b)

threatens a grocery store clerk with a switchblade

c)

challenges the police with an unloaded gun

27.

Which is not a reason why Sodapop is unhappy?

a)

Darry and Pony argue too much

b)

His girlfriend Sandy has left him.

c)

Working at the gas station is a boring, dead-end job.

28.

Why is it important that Johnny died after the rumble?

a)

So Johnny could know who won the rumble

b)

To show how unimportant the rumble really was to Johnny

c)

So Dally and Pony could visit Johnny again

29.

Johnny's note was important to Ponyboy's healing mainly because

a)

it let Pony know that Johnny had accepted death

b)

it let Pony know what "stay gold" meant

c)

it helped Pony decide to end his grudge against the Socs

30.

Which statement best represents one important theme from the novel?

a)

People can reach their goals if they work hard and stay determined.

b)

People should only use violence as a last resort.

c)

People shouldn’t judge others by their looks or their beliefs.