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WorksheetsThe Outsiders Chapter 3-4
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 41mins
Why is it startling to Pony when he thinks about the fact that Cherry used to watch sunsets.
That him and Cherry could fall in love
That they might have even stopped to watched the same sunsets.
That a girl would like sunsets
That Soc's would be able to see sunsets.
Reorder the following
Pony and Johnny offer to walk Cherry and Marcia home.
Pony tells Cherry about Mickey Mouse
The Blue Mustang drives by but doesn't stop
Dary slaps Ponyboy when he comes home late
Johnny and Pony decide to walk to the park
What shocking thing does Cherry say when they are leaving with Bob and Randy?
That she could fall in love with Ponyboy
That she watches sunsets with Randy
That She could fall in love with Dallas Wintson
That she doesn't really love Randy, but she loves someone else instead
As they are used in paragraph 1, the words rank and tuff could be reworded, respectively, as -
important and strong
Tops and violent
bad and outdated
terrible and great
The lines "I don't mean half of what I'm saying" and "I'll rave about one just to be saying something" suggest that Cherry is -
self -aware
sophisticated
conceited
naive
Which of these means the opposite of the word aloofness as it is used in chapter 3
falseness
carelessness
friendliness
kindness
Ponyboy most likely tells Cherry about Soda's horse Mickey Mouse because he -
wants to make a good impression on her
feels comfortable talking to her
hopes she will buy the horse back for Soda
thinks she looks down on him
What does Soda's horse symbolize for Ponyboy?
the lack of love from his parents
his affection for his brother
things that are unattainable for the greasers
Soda's strength and intelligence
Ponyboy does not tell Cherry about Soda's reaction to losing the horse because -
he is afraid she would laugh at Soda
he doesn't want Cherry's pity
he considers this too private to share
he is afraid he will cry if he tells her
After telling Cherry the story about Mickey Mouse, Ponyboy's statement You're not so smart at ten refers to his -
desire to help his brother if he can
crying over someone else's loss
belief that Soda should have confided in his parents
unrealistic ideas about money
1. The words used in paragraph 1 of chapter 4 create a mood of —
boredom
suspense
terror
humor
2. Which of the following happens first?
Ponyboy and Johnny leap from the train.
Ponyboy realizes he is in the country.
Ponyboy puts Johnny’s legs to sleep.
Johnny wakes Ponyboy up.
3. Ponyboy uses the idiom "Like the eyes of a animal in a trap" to emphasise..
Johnny’s true nature
how Johnny appears to others
that Ponyboy has mistreated Johnny
that he has never understood Johnny
4. As Ponyboy is walking away to get directions to Jay Mountain, Johnny laughs at Ponyboy because —
Johnny has made Ponyboy blush by telling him he looks like Soda
Ponyboy does not realize the true color of his own eyes
Ponyboy is now taking orders from Johnny
Ponyboy does not realize Johnny was being sarcastic in comparing him to
Soda
5. What is the last two paragraphs on page 62 mainly about.
Ponyboy will do anything he can to avoid being sent to a reformatory.
Although Ponyboy once thought nothing was worse than being a greaser, he
now knows differently.
Ponyboy and Johnny will probably never see their friends or families again.
In just a short time, Ponyboy’s and Johnny’s lives have changed dramatically
for the worse.
6. The word reformatory is best understood to refer to a place a
person is sent for the purpose of—
humiliation
studying
correction
religious training
7. The reader can tell Ponyboy cares about other people’s opinions of him
because he —
speaks respectfully to the farmer on the tractor
worries about being sent to a reformatory
wishes he could find out his predicament was only a dream
never returned to church after attending with Soda and his friends
