WorksheetsThe Outsiders End of Novel Comprehension Check
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
So I stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me. (4)
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Metaphor
Hyperbole
Allusion
He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. (6)
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Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
You're bleedin' like a stuck pig. (7)
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I skipped breakfast and I'm about starved. (80)
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Allusion
Simile
"Hey, Ponyboy! Or should I say Sleeping Beauty?" (80)
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Personification
Allusion
He didn't have Darry's superman qualities. (76)
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Personification
The water from it was like liquid ice. (69)
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The memory comes rushing over you like a wave. (68)
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I was sleepy and freezing to death. (52)
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Personification
Johnny was scared to death. (54)
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Would we ever have something to tell the boys, his eyes said plainly. (Do eyes speak?) pg. 25
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He didn't make a sound, but tears were running down his cheeks. (Can tears run? Do they have legs?)
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I started buttoning up the shirt. It about swallowed me. (Is the shirt eating him?) pg.64
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Personification
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Dally handed me a shirt about sixty-million sizes too big. (61)
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Pokémon Pokémon Pokémon
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Life was one big joke to Two-Bit. (10)
Metaphor
I can't wait to watch the movie
Simile
Allusion
Who is the author of The Outsiders?
J.K. Rowling
A.A. Milne
S.E. Hinton
J.D Salinger
What is the setting of The Outsiders?
1980's New York City
1960's New York City
1960's Oklahoma
1980's Oklahoma
What inspired the author to write The Outsiders?
Her frustration with high levels of crime.
She only used her imagination.
Her frustration with the social divisions in her high school.
She visited America and saw that gangs were a problem.
Why was the novel published under S.E. Hinton and not Susan Eloise Hinton?
Her race
Her gender
Her age
Her class
Check the member of the Greasers
Ponyboy
Steve
Dally
Cherry
Bob
Who are the Socs?
Bob
Cherry
Steve
Randy
Tim Sheppard
Johnny kills Bob. This is an example of...
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Ponyboy woke up and didn't know where he was.
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
What was one rule for the rumble?
No weapons, only fists
Any weapons they could find
How does Pony get ready for the rumble?
He runs three miles
He takes 5 asprin.
Who wins the rumble?
The Greasers
The Socs
How do Ponyboy and Dally get into Johnny's hospital room?
Dally pulls a switchblade on the doctor.
Ponyboy starts crying and the nurse lets them in.
How did the Greasers act on the way to the rumble?
They were quiet and concentrated on their moves.
They were happy and performing acrobatics.
Who is the protagonist?
Dallas Winston
Johnny Cade
Ponyboy Curtis
Cherry Valance
What point of view is the novel?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
3rd person limited
What part of the plot/structure is this:
The setting is established and the characters are introduced.
Orientation/exposition
Conflict
Rising action
Resolution
"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?
Hyerbole
Personification
Simile
Imagery
"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?
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Simile
hyperbole
S.E Hinton uses symbolism to seperate the Socs from the Greasers. What items are symbolic to the greasers?
East side, long hair, madras
West side, madras, leather jackets
East side, long hair, leather jackes
East side, short hair, leather jackets
What are sunsets a symbol of in The Outsiders
The anger between the two gangs
The lighter side of Dalla's personality
The connection between Ponyboy and Cherry
The end of violence
"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:
Personification
Metaphor
Hyerbole
Allusion
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..."
This is an example of:
Allusion
Alliteration
Metaphor
Repetition
"You’ll die of pneumonia ‘fore the cops ever get you".
Irony
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
How do Ponyboy and Dally get to the hospital fast?
By stealing a car.
By lying to the police and getting an escort.
