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The Outsiders Ch 1

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the main character?(Pg.3)

a)

Ponyboy Curtis

b)

Darry Curtis

c)

Sodapop Curtis

d)

Dallas Winston

2.

How old is Ponyboy?(Pg.6)

a)

14 years old

b)

16 years old

c)

18 years old

d)

20 years old

3.

What happened to Ponyboy's parents?(Pg.6)

a)

Plane Crash

b)

Heart Attack

c)

Car Accident

d)

Boat Accident

4.

Who's the narrator?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Sodapop

c)

Darry

5.

Who's the narrator?

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Sodapop

c)

Darry

6.

How do Greasers dress?

a)

Madras shirts

b)

T-shirts, sneakers, leather jackets

c)

Striped shirt

7.

Who are the Greasers?

a)

Lives on rich west side of town

b)

Lives on the poor east side of town

c)

Lives by the river

8.

Where is Ponyboy when the novel begins?

a)

at home

b)

walking to school

c)

at the drive-in movie

d)

walking home from the movie theater

9.
What does Ponyboy see following him?
a)
The Socs
b)
The Greasers
c)
The Police
d)
A Stray Dog
10.
What car did the Socs Drive before jumping Ponyboy?
a)
Blue Mustang
b)
Silver Iso Grifo
c)
Red Corvair
d)
Yellow Camaro
11.

What happens to Ponyboy on his walk home from the movie?

a)

He finds Johnny beaten up in the vacant lot.

b)

He gets lost and has to call home for a ride.

c)

He stops at the gas station for a snack.

d)

He gets jumped by the Socs.

12.
Which quote best shows that Sodapop really cares about Ponyboy?
a)
"You're bleeding like a stuck pig."
b)
"You got a little cut up, huh Ponyboy?"
c)
"They ain't gonna hurt you no more."
d)
"You're an okay kid."
13.

Who are Ponyboy's brothers?

a)

Darry and Sodapop

b)

Dallas and Johnny

c)

Two-Bit and Sodapop

d)

Dallas and Steve Randle

14.

Why does everybody consider Dally to be so "tuff?"

a)

He has a bunch of tattoos.

b)

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

c)

He has really big muscles.

d)

He is a boxer.

15.
Which character was famous for shoplifting and his switch blade?
a)
Darry
b)
Dallas
c)
Steve Randle
d)
Two-Bit Mathews
16.

"Pet" of the greasers; has abusive father and mother

a)

Johnny Cade

b)

Randy

c)

Sandy

17.
Which character is being described? “ He was cocky, smart, and Soda’s best buddy since grade school.-He could lift a hubcap quicker and more quietly than anyone in the neighborhood, but he also knew cars upside-down and backward,and he could drive anything on wheels. (Hinton 9)
a)
Dally 
b)
Two-Bit
c)
Soda
d)
Steve
18.
In what decade does this novel take place?
a)
1960s
b)
1950s
c)
1980s
19.
Which two said they would come with Dally to the ‘Nightly Double’ the next day?
a)
Ponyboy & Soda
b)
Darry & Dally
c)
Ponyboy & Johnny
d)
Two-Bit & Steve
20.
Where does Soda work?
a)
At the grocery store
b)
At a local gas station
c)
At an amusement park
d)
At a convenient store
21.
cotton plaid material (for clothing)
a)
incredulous 
b)
keeled
c)
madras
d)
towheaded
22.
an unruly tuft of hair
a)
reluctant 
b)
hastily
c)
elite
d)
cowlick
23.
difficult or impossible to understand
a)
unfathomable 
b)
roguishly
c)
aloof(ness)
d)
contemptuously 
24.
quickly, without much thought
a)
madras 
b)
defiance 
c)
eluded 
d)
hastily
25.
playfully mischievous, devilishy 
a)
cowlick 
b)
roguishly 
c)
elite
d)
keeled 
26.
skeptical, disbelieving 
a)
incredulous 
b)
gallant(ly)
c)
hastily 
d)
reluctant 
27.
brave: courageous; dashing
a)
cowlick
b)
gallant(ly)
c)
unfathomable 
d)
defiance