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WorksheetsThe Outsiders Chapter 5 Practice Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 16mins
Where are Johnny and Ponyboy staying?
In an old barn
In the back of a boxcar
In a tent in the woods
In an old church
What does Johnny do to help Ponyboy not get recognized?
Tells Ponyboy to stay inside
Cuts and bleaches Ponyboy's hair
Buys Ponyboy a new set of clothes to look like a Soc
Buys Ponyboy contact lenses to change his eye color
Who takes Johnny and Ponyboy out for breakfast?
Dally
Darry
Sodapop
Two-Bit
Who is working as a spy for the Greasers?
Sodapop Curtis
Buck Merrill
Bob Sheldon
Cherry Valance
Who writes Ponyboy the letter?
Dally
Darry
Sodapop
Two-Bit
When Ponyboy wakes up, why is Johnny gone?
Johnny went to turn himself in
Johnny went to town to buy supplies
Johnny went to meet up with Dally
Johnny got arrested
As he watches a beautiful sunrise, Ponyboy remembers . . .
his parents.
a song.
a poem.
A joke
Ponyboy and Johnny are reading a book called Gone With The Wind, which is about . . .
the Civil War.
the Wild West.
Medieval times.
The future
Dally brings news that
Darry wants a truce.
a big rumble is planned.
their pictures are on "wanted" posters.
Cherry is pregnant
What are Ponyboy and Johnny looking at when Ponyboy recites the line "Nothing gold can stay"?
The sunrise.
Ponyboy's hair.
The falling leaves.
When Johnny mentions that the Southern gentlemen remind him of Dallas Winston, what does he mean?
Dallas has a Southern accent even though he is from New York City.
Dallas is a gentleman and treats all girls with respect.
Dallas is willing to fight for his rights like the Southerners did in the Civil War.
Dallas demonstrated gallant behavior when he took the blame for another person's mistake.
What is the setting of The Outsiders?
1980's New York City
1960's New York City
1960's Oklahoma
1980's Oklahoma
What was the name of the town that Darry sent Johnny and Ponyboy to run away?
Westsideville
Windrixville
Shepardville
Jay Mountain
The Outsiders is a fiction story
True
False
Who is Ponyboy?
Author
Narrator and character
Figurative language that uses extreme exaggeration
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Referring to a well-known person, place, or event
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Allusion
He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. (6)
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
All of the following are problems that Johnny has in his life EXCEPT....
His mother ignores him.
He was badly beaten by the Socs.
His father beats him.
He spent time in jail for stealing.
"Dally handed me a shirt that was about six million sizes too big."
What kind of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
Simile
"The pool was empty now in the fall, but the fountain was singing merrily."
Which figurative language device is being used with this sentence?
personification
assonance
onomatopoeia
simile
Who did Johnny say was "gallant" like a southern gentleman?
Steve
Two-Bit
Dally
Soda-pop
Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 below.
"During a flashback Ponyboy talks about Two-Bit's behavior in church. It was after Steve dropped a hymn book very loud. Ponyboy said, "Everyone in the place turned around to look at us, and Johnny and I nearly crawled under the pews. And then Two-Bit waved at them."
Why do you suppose the author decided to put the word "waved" in italics?
to emphasize how funny Ponyboy thought Two-Bit was acting
to point out that all of the boys like to have fun in church
to emphasize how embarrassed Two-Bit made Ponyboy
to point out that all the boys know how to behave in church
