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The Outsiders End of Novel Comprehension Check

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

So I stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me. (4)

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Allusion

2.

He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. (6)

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

3.

You're bleedin' like a stuck pig. (7)

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Allusion

4.

I skipped breakfast and I'm about starved. (80)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

5.

"Hey, Ponyboy! Or should I say Sleeping Beauty?" (80)

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

6.

He didn't have Darry's superman qualities. (76)

a)

Allusion

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

7.

The water from it was like liquid ice. (69)

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

8.

The memory comes rushing over you like a wave. (68)

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

9.

I was sleepy and freezing to death. (52)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

10.

Johnny was scared to death. (54)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Allusion

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

11.

Would we ever have something to tell the boys, his eyes said plainly. (Do eyes speak?) pg. 25

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

12.

He didn't make a sound, but tears were running down his cheeks. (Can tears run? Do they have legs?)

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Hyperbole

13.

I started buttoning up the shirt. It about swallowed me. (Is the shirt eating him?) pg.64

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

14.

Dally handed me a shirt about sixty-million sizes too big. (61)

a)

Simile

b)

Pokémon Pokémon Pokémon

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

15.

Life was one big joke to Two-Bit. (10)

a)

Metaphor

b)

I can't wait to watch the movie

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

16.

Who is the author of The Outsiders?

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

A.A. Milne

c)

S.E. Hinton

d)

J.D Salinger

17.

What is the setting of The Outsiders?

a)

1980's New York City

b)

1960's New York City

c)

1960's Oklahoma

d)

1980's Oklahoma

18.

What inspired the author to write The Outsiders?

a)

Her frustration with high levels of crime.

b)

She only used her imagination.

c)

Her frustration with the social divisions in her high school.

d)

She visited America and saw that gangs were a problem.

19.

Why was the novel published under S.E. Hinton and not Susan Eloise Hinton?

a)

Her race

b)

Her gender

c)

Her age

d)

Her class

20.

Check the member of the Greasers

a)

Ponyboy

b)

Steve

c)

Dally

d)

Cherry

e)

Bob

21.

Who are the Socs?

a)

Bob

b)

Cherry

c)

Steve

d)

Randy

e)

Tim Sheppard

22.

Johnny kills Bob. This is an example of...

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Situational Irony

23.

Ponyboy woke up and didn't know where he was.

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Verbal Irony

24.

What was one rule for the rumble?

a)

No weapons, only fists

b)

Any weapons they could find

25.

How does Pony get ready for the rumble?

a)

He runs three miles

b)

He takes 5 asprin.

26.

Who wins the rumble?

a)

The Greasers

b)

The Socs

27.

How do Ponyboy and Dally get into Johnny's hospital room?

a)

Dally pulls a switchblade on the doctor.

b)

Ponyboy starts crying and the nurse lets them in.

28.

How did the Greasers act on the way to the rumble?

a)

They were quiet and concentrated on their moves.

b)

They were happy and performing acrobatics.

29.

Who is the protagonist?

a)

Dallas Winston

b)

Johnny Cade

c)

Ponyboy Curtis

d)

Cherry Valance

30.

What point of view is the novel?

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

d)

3rd person limited

31.

What part of the plot/structure is this:

The setting is established and the characters are introduced.

a)

Orientation/exposition

b)

Conflict

c)

Rising action

d)

Resolution

32.

"I remembered his voice: I'd been carrying a heater. It ain't loaded, but it sure does help a bluff." It was only yesterday that Dally told Johnny and that. But yesterday was years ago. A lifetime ago".


The highlighted text uses which figurative language device?

a)

Hyerbole

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Imagery

33.

"It was quiet except for the sound of our feet on the cement and the dry, scraping sound of leaves blowing across the street."

Which figurative language device is being used here?

a)

Imagery

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

hyperbole

34.

S.E Hinton uses symbolism to seperate the Socs from the Greasers. What items are symbolic to the greasers?

a)

East side, long hair, madras

b)

West side, madras, leather jackets

c)

East side, long hair, leather jackes

d)

East side, short hair, leather jackets

35.

What are sunsets a symbol of in The Outsiders

a)

The anger between the two gangs

b)

The lighter side of Dalla's personality

c)

The connection between Ponyboy and Cherry

d)

The end of violence

36.

"We lay in the tall weeds and damp grass, breathing heavily. The dawn was coming. It was lighting the sky in the east and a ray of gold touched the hills".


This is an example of:

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyerbole

d)

Allusion

37.

"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..."

This is an example of:

a)

Allusion

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Repetition

38.

"You’ll die of pneumonia ‘fore the cops ever get you".

a)

Irony

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

39.
What does the newspaper say about these "Juvenile Delinquents"?
a)
Can't seem to keep out of trouble 
b)
They turned heroes
40.

How do Ponyboy and Dally get to the hospital fast?

a)

By stealing a car.

b)

By lying to the police and getting an escort.