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The Outsiders Chapter 3-4

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is it startling to Pony when he thinks about the fact that Cherry used to watch sunsets.

a)

That him and Cherry could fall in love

b)

That they might have even stopped to watched the same sunsets.

c)

That a girl would like sunsets

d)

That Soc's would be able to see sunsets.

2.

Reorder the following

a)

Pony and Johnny offer to walk Cherry and Marcia home.

b)

Pony tells Cherry about Mickey Mouse

c)

The Blue Mustang drives by but doesn't stop

d)

Dary slaps Ponyboy when he comes home late

e)

Johnny and Pony decide to walk to the park

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
3.

What shocking thing does Cherry say when they are leaving with Bob and Randy?

a)

That she could fall in love with Ponyboy

b)

That she watches sunsets with Randy

c)

That She could fall in love with Dallas Wintson

d)

That she doesn't really love Randy, but she loves someone else instead

4.

As they are used in paragraph 1, the words rank and tuff could be reworded, respectively, as -

a)

important and strong

b)

Tops and violent

c)

bad and outdated

d)

terrible and great

5.

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 -

a)

self -aware

b)

sophisticated

c)

conceited

d)

naive

6.

Which of these means the opposite of the word aloofness as it is used in chapter 3

a)

falseness

b)

carelessness

c)

friendliness

d)

kindness

7.

Ponyboy most likely tells Cherry about Soda's horse Mickey Mouse because he -

a)

wants to make a good impression on her

b)

feels comfortable talking to her

c)

hopes she will buy the horse back for Soda

d)

thinks she looks down on him

8.

What does Soda's horse symbolize for Ponyboy?

a)

the lack of love from his parents

b)

his affection for his brother

c)

things that are unattainable for the greasers

d)

Soda's strength and intelligence

9.

Ponyboy does not tell Cherry about Soda's reaction to losing the horse because -

a)

he is afraid she would laugh at Soda

b)

he doesn't want Cherry's pity

c)

he considers this too private to share

d)

he is afraid he will cry if he tells her

10.

After telling Cherry the story about Mickey Mouse, Ponyboy's statement You're not so smart at ten refers to his -

a)

desire to help his brother if he can

b)

crying over someone else's loss

c)

belief that Soda should have confided in his parents

d)

unrealistic ideas about money

11.

1. The words used in paragraph 1 of chapter 4 create a mood of —

a)

boredom

b)

suspense

c)

terror

d)

humor

12.

2. Which of the following happens first?

a)

Ponyboy and Johnny leap from the train.

b)

Ponyboy realizes he is in the country.

c)

Ponyboy puts Johnny’s legs to sleep.

d)

Johnny wakes Ponyboy up.

13.

3. Ponyboy uses the idiom "Like the eyes of a animal in a trap" to emphasise..

a)

Johnny’s true nature

b)

how Johnny appears to others

c)

that Ponyboy has mistreated Johnny

d)

that he has never understood Johnny

14.

4. As Ponyboy is walking away to get directions to Jay Mountain, Johnny laughs at Ponyboy because —

a)

Johnny has made Ponyboy blush by telling him he looks like Soda

b)

Ponyboy does not realize the true color of his own eyes

c)

Ponyboy is now taking orders from Johnny

d)

Ponyboy does not realize Johnny was being sarcastic in comparing him to

Soda

15.

5. What is the last two paragraphs on page 62 mainly about.

a)

Ponyboy will do anything he can to avoid being sent to a reformatory.

b)

Although Ponyboy once thought nothing was worse than being a greaser, he

now knows differently.

c)

Ponyboy and Johnny will probably never see their friends or families again.

d)

In just a short time, Ponyboy’s and Johnny’s lives have changed dramatically

for the worse.

16.

6. The word reformatory is best understood to refer to a place a

person is sent for the purpose of—

a)

humiliation

b)

studying

c)

correction

d)

religious training

17.

7. The reader can tell Ponyboy cares about other people’s opinions of him

because he —

a)

speaks respectfully to the farmer on the tractor

b)

worries about being sent to a reformatory

c)

wishes he could find out his predicament was only a dream

d)

never returned to church after attending with Soda and his friends