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Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Outsiders Key 1 - Answer ID # 0291092 Chapters 1-2 1. Describe the car that Johnny recalled seeing the night he was jumped by the Socs? 2. Why did Ponyboy go to the movies alone? 3. What kind of a student was Ponyboy? 4. Why didn't Dally return Johnny's criticism? 5. What type of work did Darry do to support his brothers? 6. How much money did the boys pay to get into the movie? 7. What invitation did the girls extend to Ponyboy and Johnny? 8. What were the girls' names? 9. What were the names of Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends? 10 . Why did the Curtis brothers live alone?
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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
Chapters 1-2
1.
Describe the car that Johnny recalled seeing the night he was jumped by the Socs?
2.
Why did Ponyboy go to the movies alone?
3.
What kind of a student was Ponyboy?
4.
Why didn't Dally return Johnny's criticism?
5.
What type of work did Darry do to support his brothers?
6.
How much money did the boys pay to get into the movie?
7.
What invitation did the girls extend to Ponyboy and Johnny?
8.
What were the girls' names?
9.
What were the names of Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends?
10.
Why did the Curtis brothers live alone?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
11.
What were "Greasers" and "Socs?
12.
What had Dally, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Ponyboy planned for the following night?
13.
How old was Ponyboy Curtis?
14.
What other Greaser had also been jumped by the Socs?
15.
List three other Greasers.
16.
What happened to Ponyboy as he walked home from the movies alone?
17.
How would one describe Two-Bit's personality?
18.
Who did Ponyboy live with?
19.
How did Dally embarrass two Soc girls at the theater?
20.
Who spoke up and told Dally to leave the girls alone?
21.
How did Dally react to Johnny's request?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
22.
Who was Timothy Shepard and why was he looking for Dally Winston?
23.
Why did the Greasers treat Johnny Cade as their pet?
24.
Who came to Ponyboy's rescue and chased the Socs away?
25.
What items of jewelry did the Soc leader like to wear and use as weapons?
26.
Why had Soda Curtis quit school and where did he work?
27.
Who joined the four at the movies after Dally had left?
28.
Why did Ponyboy consider Soda his favorite older brother?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
29.
Write about a time one of your friend's behaviors embarrassed you, just as Dally humiliated Ponyboy and Johnny. Include details that explain how you reacted to your friend's poor behavior.
chapters 3-4
30.
What help did Johnny and Ponyboy receive from their friend?
31.
How did Darry react to Ponyboy's getting home late?
32.
After Ponyboy found Johnny, where did the two go?
33.
Why didn't Ponyboy get home until 2:00 in the morning that night?
34.
What special feature in the park drew the boys' attention?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
35.
Why had Bob and Randy come to beat up Johnny and Ponyboy?
36.
Who was Mickey Mouse?
37.
According to Bob, what was a "Greaser"?
38.
What surprising comment did Cherry mention to Ponyboy, concerning Dally?
39.
How was Ponyboy's life spared?
40.
What story did Ponyboy use as he asked the farmer for church directions?
41.
Once in Windrixville, where were Johnny and Ponyboy supposed to go for shelter?
42.
Who approached Johnny and Ponyboy in the park?
43.
How did Ponyboy respond to Darry's harsh anger?
44.
Why did it surprise Johnny and Ponyboy to see the Socs?
45.
How many Socs were there?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
46.
Why did Cherry agree to go with Bob in his Mustang, even though she knew he'd been drinking?
47.
How did the boys find the church?
48.
According to Cherry, what separated the Greasers from the Socs?
49.
How did Ponyboy describe the difference between Socs and Greasers?
50.
Who did Johnny and Ponyboy seek out for help after Bob's death?
51.
How were Cherry and Marcia going to get home from the movies?
52.
How did Soda react when Mickey Mouse was sold?
53.
How did Dally advise the two boys to get out of town?
54.
What did Ponyboy say that caused Two-Bit to slap him across the head, while Cherry and Marcia looked on?
55.
Who spotted the girls and the three Greasers as they walked to get Two-Bit's car?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
56.
Most likely, the murder of Bob Shelton was reported in the next day's local newspaper. Write the news article as though you were an on-scene reporter assigned to the story.
Chapters 5-7
57.
What did Ponyboy do on his first morning back home?
58.
Where did Dally drive the two runaway boys?
59.
Why did Soda's girlfriend, Sandy, suddenly move to Florida to live with her grandparents?
60.
Who came to visit the boys on their fifth day of hiding?
61.
What had protected Ponyboy from severe back burns?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
62.
Who looked after Ponyboy after his brothers went to work?
63.
What new role was Cherry Valance taking on back at home?
64.
Why were the Greasers and Socs planning a rumble for the next night?
65.
Why was Dally upset with Johnny's decision?
66.
Who came to see Ponyboy while he was being treated at the hospital?
67.
How did the two boys occupy their time while hiding out in the church?
68.
Why did Cherry volunteer for such a position?
69.
What had happened to the church while the three Greasers went to the Dairy Queen?
70.
Where did Two-bit and Ponyboy go after finishing their chores?
71.
While at the Dairy Queen, what important decision did Johnny share with Dally and Ponyboy?
72.
Who wrote the letter that Dally brought for Ponyboy?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
73.
What were Dally's injuries from the fire?
74.
How did Dally help divert the police in their search for Johnny and Ponyboy?
75.
List four items Johnny purchased at the store.
76.
Why did Dally club Ponboy on the back after Ponyboy leaped out a church window?
77.
Why had a teacher and children come to Jay Mountain?
78.
What had probably caused the church to catch on fire?
79.
Why did Johnny require Ponyboy to cut and bleach his hair?
80.
Which Soc followed them after the movies and why?
81.
Who rode in the ambulance with Ponyboy?
82.
List Johnny's injuries.
83.
Name the poet and the poem that Ponyboy recited to describe a Jay Mountain sunrise.
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
84.
What was Johnny's signal to let Ponyboy know it was he, his friend, approaching the church door?
85.
What beverage was Ponyboy craving?
86.
What parenting mistake did Randy feel Bob's parents made?
87.
Why didn't Johnny bleach his hair too?
88.
Why did Johnny and Ponyboy run into the church?
89.
Imagine you're one of Ponyboy or Johnny's classmates and write a get-well note to one of them.
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
Chapters 8-10
90.
Who won the rumble?
91.
Why did the doctor allow Two-Bit and Ponyboy to visit Johnny?
92.
Who felt that Ponyboy should not participate in the evening's rumble?
93.
What two items did Johnny ask Two-Bit to get for him?
94.
Where did Dally insist Ponyboy go right after the rumble?
95.
What excuse did Dally invent for the police?
96.
What happened to Ponyboy minutes after police arrived at the vacant lot?
97.
How did Ponyboy get ready for the rumble?
98.
How had Paul and Darry known each other?
99.
Explain the difference between Tim Shepard's gang and Ponyboy's group?
100.
What did Dally do after Johnny's death?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
101.
How many Socs and Greasers showed for the rumble?
102.
What two features were the Greasers proud of?
103.
What item did Johnny leave for Ponyboy?
104.
Which of the Greasers took Johnny's death the hardest?
105.
Why did police stop Dally en route to the hospital?
106.
Why did Cherry refuse Ponyboy's plea that she visit Johnny?
107.
Which two people stepped forward to begin the fight?
108.
What happened to Dally in the end?
109.
What did Ponyboy come to realize about Johnny?
110.
How did Ponyboy get to the hospital?
111.
What were Johnny's last words for Ponyboy?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
112.
How did Dally convince the hospital doctor to let them see Johnny?
113.
What was Johnny's reaction after learning that his mother had come to see him?
114.
Why couldn't Curly Shepard compete in the rumble?
115.
Why do you think Dally took Johnny's death the hardest?
Chapters 11-12
116.
How did Darry and Soda both respond when the judge asked each if Dally was a good friend?
117.
What did Ponyboy discover inside Johnny's copy of Gone with the Wind?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
118.
What proposition did the English teacher offer to help Ponyboy earn a "C" for the semester?
119.
What topic did Ponyboy finally choose for his theme assignment?
120.
What strange behaviors did Ponyboy start to display after returning to school?
121.
How did the judge know that Ponyboy was nervous at the hearing?
122.
Why did Soda run out of the Curtis house and head for the park?
123.
What two incorrect facts did Ponyboy reveal to Randy when discussing Bob's death?
124.
Which Soc stopped by to visit Ponyboy while he was home recovering?
125.
What had the visitor come to discuss?
126.
What was his English grade just before the end of the semester?
127.
Why wasn't Johnny upset about dying?
128.
What did Johnny wish Dally would look at?
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
129.
Where did Ponyboy usually go for lunch on school days?
130.
How long was Ponyboy kept home in bed?
131.
Who did Ponyboy identify while flipping through the pages of Soda's old yearbook?
132.
List three topics for his English theme that Ponyboy considered, and then rejected.
133.
Why did Darry become angry with Ponyboy just as his visitor left?
134.
What possible court decision worried all the Curtis brothers?
135.
What was the judge's decision at the end of the hearing?
136.
What lunchtime activity did the Socs try to blame on the Greasers?
137.
Why had Ponyboy falsely believed that he killed Bob Shelton and that Johnny was alive?
138.
List four people who attended Ponyboy's hearing.
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
139.
Why was life as the middleman so difficult for Soda?
Review
140.
What caused the church fire on Jay Mountain?
Lightning struck the roof
Children played with matches left inside
A candle was left burning
A trash fire got out of control
141.
Which two Greasers spent time in a reformatory?
Steve Randle and Tim Shepard
Randy and Bob Shelton
Darry Curtis and Two-Bit Matthews
Dallas Winston and Curly Shepard
142.
The time setting for The Outsiders is which decade?
2000's
1940's
1960's
1990's
143.
Which of the following was a conflict faced by Ponyboy?
Handling his difficult school work
Having mean parents
Getting along with his brother Soda
Being jumped by Socs
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________The OutsidersKey 1 - Answer ID # 0291092
144.
What is the major difference between Greasers and Socs, according to Ponyboy?
Socs had cars while Greasers rode bikes.
Socs didn't feel anything while Greasers felt too violently.
Greasers wore leather jackets while Socs wore madras.
Greasers smoked while Socs did not.
145.
What event caused Ponyboy to finally accept Johnny's death?
The hearing judge pronounced him acquitted of all charges.
His English teacher gave him the chance to raise his poor English grade.
He saw Dally Winston gunned down by police.
He found Johnny's good-bye letter tucked inside Gone with the Wind.
146.
What topic did Ponyboy choose for his English essay?
His brother Soda
The tragic loss of his parents
The tragic events of the past week
His favorite poet, Robert Frost
147.
What did Cherry and Ponyboy both enjoy?
Watching movies that starred Paul Newman
Listening to Dally's stories
Watching sunsets
Visiting art museums
148.
Why did Johnny accept his death so peacefully?
He knew he'd never graduate from high school anyway.
He thought death would be easier than turning himself in to police.
He knew his parents could never pay for his hospital bills.
He knew he gave his life for a worthy cause.
149.
Which three characters were Socs?
Ponyboy, Cherry, and Randy
Dally, Two-Bit, and Johnny
Bob, Randy, and Marcia
Cherry, Darry, and Randy
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________ The Outsiders(Key 1 - Answer ID # 0291092)
Fill all the words into this puzzle.
COMPLICATED
BEWILDERED
FOSTERHOME
PEROXIDE
RUEFUL
VEERED
SMOLDERING
MIDDLEMAN
HOODLUM
BITTER
PITY
BLEAK
GLARED
VAGUELY
SULLENLY
RELUCTANTLY
HEATER
DIVERT
CLAD
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________ The Outsiders(Key 1 - Answer ID # 0291092)
Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.
1.
scowled
in a bitter, angry manner
a bleaching agent
frowned or gave a nasty look
with bravery and glory
2.
conformity
with bravery and glory
admired or adored greatly
obedience and agreement
likely or apt
3.
gallantly
obedience and agreement
a young bully or gangster
distract or lead away from
with bravery and glory
4.
complicated
tangled or snarled
pronounced not guilty
shaking or shivering
not hopeful
5.
sullenly
admired or adored greatly
not able to reach an understanding of
in a manner with strong feelings
in a bitter, angry manner
6.
ornery
willingness to fight
in a bitter, angry manner
frowned or gave a nasty look
crabby or grumpy
7.
peroxide
a bleaching agent
a tiny, bright flash of light
a variation of pool played with twenty-one balls
likely or apt
8.
ruefully
one that is cast out by society
regretfully or with sorrow
bunches, clusters, or clumps
removed from one place and resettled in another
9.
glared
a tiny, bright flash of light
looked at with anger
crabby or grumpy
obedience and agreement
10.
emotionally
in a manner with strong feelings
tangled or snarled
daring acts or bold deeds
degree of excellence
11.
transplanted
in a manner with strong feelings
removed from one place and resettled in another
a variation of pool played with twenty-one balls
daring acts or bold deeds
12.
half
looked at with anger
shrinking back
a household in which a neglected or delinquent child is placed for care
hearted-with little enthusiasm
13.
glint
a young bully or gangster
a tiny, bright flash of light
degree of excellence
breathed in
14.
divert
shrinking back
distract or lead away from
not able to reach an understanding of
a young bully or gangster
Extended Activities:
1. Draw portraits of three characters from the novel. At the bottom of
each portrait page include the character's name and a brief
description of his or her appearance and personality.
2. Research and create a PowerPoint presentation on the life of the
novel's author, S.E. Hinton. You must have at least 5 slides. Each
slide must contain 1 photo and at least four facts.
