WorksheetsThe Outsiders Whole Book Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Johnny killed Bob here
Ponyboy's house
Windrixville
fountain
vacant lot
Johnny's mother was here
burning church
hospital
Ponyboy's house
Windrixville
Pony and Johnny get off the train here
hospital
vacant lot
Windrixville
Ponyboy's house
Bob hurt Johnny badly here
vacant lot
burning church
fountain
hospital
Dally rescues Johnny here
Windrixville
Ponyboy's house
fountain
burning church
A Soc who like sunsets
Bob
Ponyboy
Cherry
Soda
The first fighter in the big rumble
Two-Bit
Darry
Ponyboy
Dally
Character who loans his knife to Dally
Johnny
Two-Bit
Ponyboy
Tim Shepard
Character who brings Gone With the Wind to the church
Johnny
Dally
Ponyboy
Cherry
Character who decides to write about the greasers
Johnny
Cherry
Darry
Ponyboy
According to Ponyboy, tough and tuff mean the same thing.
True
False
Ponyboy tries to quit smoking.
True
False
Sodapop dropped out of school with a poor academic performance.
True
False
Dallas had the look of a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times.
True
False
Ponyboy's hatred of the Socs becomes more intense after Johnny's death.
True
False
Ponyboy enjoys going to the movies alone so that he
can see the movie without having to put up with wisecracks from his friends
can watch the movie undisturbed, and live it with the actors
can escape the Socs completely
Sodapop doesn't drink alcohol because
he believes that drinking is wrong
he gets drunk on just plain living
Sandy told him she doesn't like drinking
After Johnny kills the Soc at the fountain, he and Ponyboy
run off to find Darry
decide to sleep at the vacant lot
head to Buck Merril’s place
Hopping off the train in the country was like a dream come true for Pony
because now he and Johnny were safe from the law
because he knows Dally would be proud of him
because he had dreamed of a perfect life in the country
Pony recited the poem to Johnny because
a beautiful sunrise made him think of it
he was thinking about his English teacher
he thought Johnny should learn it
Cherry tells Pony that a big difference between Greasers and Socs is
Greasers like fights and rumbles more than Socs do
Greasers have a lot of feelings and Socs don’t really feel anything
Socs think beer blasts are cool and Greasers don’t
Which description best describes Johnny’s emotions during the fire?
He felt bad because they had started the fire
He felt happy because he was able to save the kids
He felt scared and just wanted to get out
Ponyboy realizes that Darry really loves him when
he sees Darry crying at the hospital
Darry permits him to join the rumble against the Socs
Darry calls him "little buddy" when Pony is sick
Johnny refuses to see his mother at the hospital mainly because
she never paid attention to him before he was hurt
he is in too much pain to see her
she was extremely rude to Pony and Two-Bit
Why does Randy tell Pony that he’s not going to show up at the rumble?
He doesn’t want the Socs to know he’s now friends with Pony
His old man told him he can’t show up there
He’s sick of fighting and upset over Bob’s death
Dally is cut down by police bullets when he
runs from the police after they order him to halt
threatens a grocery store clerk with a switchblade
challenges the police with an unloaded gun
Which is not a reason why Sodapop is unhappy?
Darry and Pony argue too much
His girlfriend Sandy has left him.
Working at the gas station is a boring, dead-end job.
Why is it important that Johnny died after the rumble?
So Johnny could know who won the rumble
To show how unimportant the rumble really was to Johnny
So Dally and Pony could visit Johnny again
Johnny's note was important to Ponyboy's healing mainly because
it let Pony know that Johnny had accepted death
it let Pony know what "stay gold" meant
it helped Pony decide to end his grudge against the Socs
Which statement best represents one important theme from the novel?
People can reach their goals if they work hard and stay determined.
People should only use violence as a last resort.
People shouldn’t judge others by their looks or their beliefs.
