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Grade 8 The Outsiders
Who do Ponyboy and Johnny meet at the drive-in movie?
  1. Steve and Soda
  2. Cherry and Marcia
  3. Two-Bit and Dally
  4. Darry
Grade 12 The Outsiders
Where does the story take place?
  1. Texas
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Kansas
  4. California
Grade 9 The Outsiders
How did both Two-Bit and Ponyboy feel about the rumble?
  1. sad
  2. excited
  3. like they were going to win
  4. like something bad would happen
Grade 9 The Outsiders
What did Johnny ask the boys to get him?
  1. food
  2. cigarettes
  3. a copy of the newspaper
  4. a copy of Gone with the Wind
Grade 9 The Outsiders
Ponyboy accused Cherry of treating them
  1. nicely.
  2. like a charity case.
  3. as if they were no good.
  4. differently than her friends.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Which theme from "The Outsiders" is illustrated by the following example?
Johnny pleads with Pony to "stay gold".
  1. Idealism (innocence) is a gift.
  2. Life isn't fair
  3. The deepest love is often hidden
  4. A hero is not measured by image but by deeds
Grade 9 The Outsiders
Why did Dally react so strongly to Johnny's death?
  1. because he caused it
  2. because he loved him
  3. because he was not there
  4. because he wanted to help him
Grade 9 The Outsiders
Why did Ponyboy and Johnny go into the church?
  1. to get their things
  2. to get out of the rain
  3. to save the little kids
  4. to hide from the police
Grade 8 The Outsiders
What does the following quote foreshadow: "And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He'd use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body."
  1. This foreshadows that Johnny will indeed use his switchblade later to protect Ponyboy.
  2. This foreshadows that Pony will later meet a couple of Soc girls, Marcia and Cherry.
  3. This foreshadows the flight of Johnny & Pony after Johnny kills Bob.
  4. This foreshadows that there will be much bloodshed later which may all have been cause by his own hand.
Grade 7 The Outsiders
Whom does Johnny idolize?
  1. Dally
  2. Ponyboy
  3. Sodapop
  4. Darry
Grade 9 The Outsiders
Who won the rumble?
  1. the Socs
  2. the Greasers
Grade 9 The Outsiders
What did the Socs try to do to Ponyboy?
  1. hit him
  2. drown him
  3. take him home
  4. make him leave town
Grade 7 The Outsiders
Why did Ponyboy pass out after Dally died?
  1. It was too stressful.
  2. He had a concussion.
  3. Two-Bit hit him in the head.
  4. Ponyboy did not pass out.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
How does Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" relate to The Outsiders?
  1. Ponyboy learns that good things in life don't last.
  2. Ponyboy learns the flowers are beautiful.
  3. Ponyboy learns to fake his emotions.
  4. Ponyboy learns to choose a new friend
Grade 9 The Outsiders
Dally bought Cherry a soda. What did she do next?
  1. drank it
  2. ran away
  3. said thank you
  4. threw it in his face
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Define nonchalantly.
  1. excited about something that is going to happen
  2. Worried
  3. nervous
  4. relaxed and calm; don't care
Grade 9 The Outsiders
Why did Darry like fights?
  1. He liked to win.
  2. He like seeing others cringe.
  3. He liked to help out his brothers.
  4. He liked to show how strong he was.
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