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The Outsiders Review

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the setting of The Outsiders?

a)

New York City, 1968

b)

Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s.

c)

Birmingham, Alabama during the 1950s

d)

Chicago, Illinois, 1946

2.
Who is the narrator? 
a)
Darry
b)
Pony
c)
Dally
d)
Johnny
3.

Who are the three Curtis brothers whose parents died.

a)

Ponyboy, Dally and Sodapop

b)

Johnny, Ponyboy and Sodapop

c)

Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop

4.
The two main groups in The Outsiders are?
a)
Socs and Greasers
b)
Greasers and Tiber Street Tigers
c)
Tim Shepherd's Gang and the Socs
d)
East Side and West Side
5.

The most likely reason Darry was so hard on his brothers was because...

a)

Their parents had died and Darry had to take on a lot of responsibility

b)

He was always bewildered and didn't really care about Ponyboy

c)

He thought his brothers were defiant

d)

He couldn't go to college because of them

6.

What happened to Pony on his way home from the movies?

a)

He cut his hair

b)

The Socs kick him out of the group

c)

He was jumped by some Socs

7.

Who did Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly

Double?

a)

Bob & Randy

b)

Bob & Cherry

c)

Cherry & Marcia

8.
Cherry is different from the other Socs because
a)
She does not judge Ponyboy and Johnny based on stereotypes
b)
She actually tries to get to know Ponyboy
c)
She tries to tell Ponyboy that both Greasers and Socs face problems 
d)
All the options are correct
9.

How did the beating and threats from the Socs affect Johnny’s personality?

a)

They made him indifferent and now he is unable to care for anyone.

b)

They made him nervous and now he carries a blade and uses it for defense.

c)

They made him forgetful and now he can’t even recall the incident.

d)

They made him angry and now he searches the town for Socs to jump to get even.

10.
Ponyboy ran away from home because
a)
He was hanging around with a Soc
b)
He didn't want to apologize for being late
c)
Darry slapped Soda for taking up for Ponyboy
d)
Darry slapped him for coming home late 
11.

What happened to Johnny and Ponyboy at the park?

a)

They fought against the Socs and Ponyboy killed Bob

b)

The Socs found them. They tried to drown Ponyboy, but Johnny got scared and stabbed Bob

c)

The Socs found them and Bob killed Johnny

12.
After Bob is murdered, Dally…
a)
takes Johnny and Pony to a place to sleep.
b)
calls the police and turns them in.
c)
tells Johnny and Pony how to disguise themselves. 
d)
gives Johnny and Pony money, a gun, tells them where to go 
13.

Where did Ponyboy and Johnny go after the incident?

a)

Jay's Mountain

b)

to a church in Dallas

c)

to hide in Dally's house

14.

Where do Ponyboy and Johnny hide out?

a)

An old barn

b)

A dilapidated cabin

c)

A church

d)

Dally's house

15.

When Pony wakes up, Johnny isn’t there. Why?

a)

He went to Dally's house.

b)

The police caught him.

c)

He has gone to the store to get food and supplies.

16.

What book does Johnny bring back?

a)

Into the wild

b)

Gone with the wind

c)

Wuthering heights

17.

What was Johnny's idea?

a)

To cut and dye their hair

b)

To go back home.

c)

To go to the police

18.

What's the main quote of the poem that the boys read?

a)

Stay gold.

b)

Nothing gold can stay.

c)

We all watch the same sunset.

19.

What are Ponyboy and Johnny looking at when Ponyboy recites the line "Nothing gold can stay."?

a)

The sunrise.

b)

Ponyboy's hair.

c)

The falling leaves.

d)

The windows of the church.

20.

Who arrives at the church to see Ponyboy and Johnny?

a)

Dally

b)

Darry

c)

Sodapop

21.

What news does Dally give Ponyboy and Johnny?

a)

There is going to be a rumble between the Socs and greasers.

b)

Soda was arrested by the police.

c)

Bob is dead.

d)

Johnny's parents are looking for them.

22.

True or False: Marcia is spying on the Socs for the Greasers

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What does Ponyboy see when he returns with his friends to the church from the Dairy Queen?

a)

The church is on fire

b)

Soda and Darry were there

24.

Ponyboy and Johnny go into the church to...

a)

Save the children

b)

Show off

25.

Why was Darry so hard on Ponyboy?

a)

He loved him and didn't want to lose another family member

b)

He hates Ponyboy

26.

Who wants to turn themselves into the police?

a)

Dally

b)

Ponyboy

c)

Johnny

d)

Steve

27.

How have Johnny's parents reacted to Johnny having run away?

a)

They haven't asked about him at all

b)

They are worried sick - or at least pretending to be worried

c)

They went to Texas to look for him

d)

They are trying to help the police find him so they can get reward money

28.

Who suffered the worst injuries in the church fire?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Jerry

c)

Dally

d)

Johnny

29.
How has Ponyboy's view of the Socs changed?
a)
He now hates them even more.
b)
He now sees them as human beings with problems.
c)
He now sees them as cold and unfeeling.
30.
What parenting mistake did Randy feel Bob's parents made?
a)
They were too strict with him.
b)
They did not love him enough.
c)
They never told him no.
31.
What item do the Curtis brothers always have in the ice box for breakfast in the morning?
a)
Chocolate cake.
b)
Brownies.
c)
Cupcakes.
32.
After reading the morning paper, what is Ponyboy's biggest fear?
a)
That he is going to jail for manslaughter.
b)
That Dally will be upset he was made out to be a hero.
c)
He is worried the authorities will put him in a boys home.
33.

Who did Johnny not want to see at the hospital?

a)

His Dad

b)

Dallas

c)

His Mom

d)

Randy

34.
What does Cherry tell Ponyboy that the Socs have planned for the rumble?
a)
they have warned the police about the rumble
b)
the Socs aren't going to  show up
c)
they will fight fair and without weapons
d)
they are going to bring guns
35.
What does Johnny want Two-Bit to go get for him in Chapter 8?
a)
a knife
b)
a blanket
c)
a copy of Gone with the Wind
d)
some water
36.

What is the only thing that keep Darry from being a Soc?

a)

His parents

b)

His living sitution

c)

The Gang

d)

The Socs

37.

What does Ponyboy ask Cherry about at the end of the chapter?

a)

Where Randy is

b)

Who is coming to the rumble

c)

The sunset

d)

Her parents

38.

What was one rule for the rumble?

a)

No weapons, only fists

b)

Any weapons they could find

39.

Who shows up just as the rumble starts?

a)

Dally

b)

Johnny

40.

Who wins the rumble?

a)

The Greasers

b)

The Socs

41.

What does Johnny tell Pony?

a)

To look at sunsets

b)

To stay gold

42.

What did Johnny say when Dally told him that they beat the Socs?

a)

"Useless...fighting's no good."

b)

"I knew them Socs were going down...it was just a matter of time."

43.

After Johnny dies, Dally runs out of the room. What does he (Dally) use "as a bluff" before the police shoot him down?

a)

a switchblade

b)

a heater (handgun)

c)

a bow and arrow

d)

a machete

44.

After Johnny and Dally die, Ponyboy...

a)

has to stay in bed because of a concussion.

b)

goes right back to school.

c)

asks Cherry out on a date.

d)

becomes a Socs.

45.

Ponyboy has to attend a hearing about all the previous events with Johnny and Dally. What is the result?

a)

Ponyboy is found guilty, and has to go to prison.

b)

Ponyboy has to go to reform school.

c)

Ponyboy is found not guilty, and the brothers can stay together.

d)

Ponyboy runs away before the hearing happens.

46.

Ponyboy finds a letter from Johnny in Gone with the Wind. What does Johnny basically tell Ponyboy in this letter?

a)

Johnny tells Ponyboy to get even meaner than Dally and to get even with the Socs.

b)

Johnny convinces Ponyboy to run away from Tulsa and start a new life where no one knows him.

c)

Johnny encourages Ponyboy to "Stay gold," meaning he should remain the way he is- sensitive, caring, kind.

d)

Johnny wants Ponyboy to turn Johnny's parents into the police for child cruelty.

47.

What is the semester theme (essay) that Ponyboy ends up writing?

a)

Gone with the Wind

b)

The Outsiders

c)

The greasers and Socs

d)

My Trip to the Zoo