WorksheetsThe Outsiders Review
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 31mins
What is the setting of The Outsiders?
New York City, 1968
Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s.
Birmingham, Alabama during the 1950s
Chicago, Illinois, 1946
Who are the three Curtis brothers whose parents died.
Ponyboy, Dally and Sodapop
Johnny, Ponyboy and Sodapop
Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop
The most likely reason Darry was so hard on his brothers was because...
Their parents had died and Darry had to take on a lot of responsibility
He was always bewildered and didn't really care about Ponyboy
He thought his brothers were defiant
He couldn't go to college because of them
What happened to Pony on his way home from the movies?
He cut his hair
The Socs kick him out of the group
He was jumped by some Socs
Who did Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly
Double?
Bob & Randy
Bob & Cherry
Cherry & Marcia
How did the beating and threats from the Socs affect Johnny’s personality?
They made him indifferent and now he is unable to care for anyone.
They made him nervous and now he carries a blade and uses it for defense.
They made him forgetful and now he can’t even recall the incident.
They made him angry and now he searches the town for Socs to jump to get even.
What happened to Johnny and Ponyboy at the park?
They fought against the Socs and Ponyboy killed Bob
The Socs found them. They tried to drown Ponyboy, but Johnny got scared and stabbed Bob
The Socs found them and Bob killed Johnny
Where did Ponyboy and Johnny go after the incident?
Jay's Mountain
to a church in Dallas
to hide in Dally's house
Where do Ponyboy and Johnny hide out?
An old barn
A dilapidated cabin
A church
Dally's house
When Pony wakes up, Johnny isn’t there. Why?
He went to Dally's house.
The police caught him.
He has gone to the store to get food and supplies.
What book does Johnny bring back?
Into the wild
Gone with the wind
Wuthering heights
What was Johnny's idea?
To cut and dye their hair
To go back home.
To go to the police
What's the main quote of the poem that the boys read?
Stay gold.
Nothing gold can stay.
We all watch the same sunset.
What are Ponyboy and Johnny looking at when Ponyboy recites the line "Nothing gold can stay."?
The sunrise.
Ponyboy's hair.
The falling leaves.
The windows of the church.
Who arrives at the church to see Ponyboy and Johnny?
Dally
Darry
Sodapop
What news does Dally give Ponyboy and Johnny?
There is going to be a rumble between the Socs and greasers.
Soda was arrested by the police.
Bob is dead.
Johnny's parents are looking for them.
True or False: Marcia is spying on the Socs for the Greasers
True
False
What does Ponyboy see when he returns with his friends to the church from the Dairy Queen?
The church is on fire
Soda and Darry were there
Ponyboy and Johnny go into the church to...
Save the children
Show off
Why was Darry so hard on Ponyboy?
He loved him and didn't want to lose another family member
He hates Ponyboy
Who wants to turn themselves into the police?
Dally
Ponyboy
Johnny
Steve
How have Johnny's parents reacted to Johnny having run away?
They haven't asked about him at all
They are worried sick - or at least pretending to be worried
They went to Texas to look for him
They are trying to help the police find him so they can get reward money
Who suffered the worst injuries in the church fire?
Ponyboy
Jerry
Dally
Johnny
Who did Johnny not want to see at the hospital?
His Dad
Dallas
His Mom
Randy
What is the only thing that keep Darry from being a Soc?
His parents
His living sitution
The Gang
The Socs
What does Ponyboy ask Cherry about at the end of the chapter?
Where Randy is
Who is coming to the rumble
The sunset
Her parents
What was one rule for the rumble?
No weapons, only fists
Any weapons they could find
Who shows up just as the rumble starts?
Dally
Johnny
Who wins the rumble?
The Greasers
The Socs
What does Johnny tell Pony?
To look at sunsets
To stay gold
What did Johnny say when Dally told him that they beat the Socs?
"Useless...fighting's no good."
"I knew them Socs were going down...it was just a matter of time."
After Johnny dies, Dally runs out of the room. What does he (Dally) use "as a bluff" before the police shoot him down?
a switchblade
a heater (handgun)
a bow and arrow
a machete
After Johnny and Dally die, Ponyboy...
has to stay in bed because of a concussion.
goes right back to school.
asks Cherry out on a date.
becomes a Socs.
Ponyboy has to attend a hearing about all the previous events with Johnny and Dally. What is the result?
Ponyboy is found guilty, and has to go to prison.
Ponyboy has to go to reform school.
Ponyboy is found not guilty, and the brothers can stay together.
Ponyboy runs away before the hearing happens.
Ponyboy finds a letter from Johnny in Gone with the Wind. What does Johnny basically tell Ponyboy in this letter?
Johnny tells Ponyboy to get even meaner than Dally and to get even with the Socs.
Johnny convinces Ponyboy to run away from Tulsa and start a new life where no one knows him.
Johnny encourages Ponyboy to "Stay gold," meaning he should remain the way he is- sensitive, caring, kind.
Johnny wants Ponyboy to turn Johnny's parents into the police for child cruelty.
What is the semester theme (essay) that Ponyboy ends up writing?
Gone with the Wind
The Outsiders
The greasers and Socs
My Trip to the Zoo
