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THE OUTSIDERS BY S.E. HINTON
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS CHAPTERS 1-6 AP
MRS. HIGGINS 8TH GRADE ENGLISH
Directions: Answer all following questions in complete sentences; turning the question around (TTQA) as
apart of your answer. Your answers must be legible, written in complete sentences, and submitted in
Google classroom in order to receive full credit for the assignment.
Chapter 1
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1. From what point of view is the novel written?
2. Describe the narrator, Ponyboy (personality, physical details, age).
3. How are Greasers different from Socs ( pronounced SŌSHES, not Socks)?
4. What is the difference between tough and tuff?
In numbers 5-10, describe the members of Pony’s gang (personality, physical details, age).
5. Darrel “Darry” Curtis
6. Soda Pop Curtis
7. Steve Randle
8. Keith “Two-Bit” Mathews
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9. Dallas “Dally” Winston
10. Johnny Cade
11. Describe the Greaser girls, the kind of girls Ponyboy is used to.
12. What secret does Soda Pop share with Ponyboy towards the end of the chapter?
13. What advice does Soda Pop give Ponyboy about how to deal with they older brother before
they fall asleep at the end of chapter?
Chapter 2
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1. Describe what the Dingo is.
2. What does Dally do at the movies that embarrasses Ponyboy?
3. Describe what happens between Dally & the girls at the movies.
4. What does Johnny do at the movies that surprises Dally?
5. Who surprises Ponyboy at the movies?
6. Why was Pony so shocked that he was getting along with the girls (Cherry & Marcia)?
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7. Describe what happened to Johnny in the past that made him so jumpy and nervous.
8. Describe Cherry’s reaction to the story about Johnny and the Socs.
9. What does the foreshadowing statement at the end of the chapter refer to?
Chapter 3
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1. According to Ponyboy, in what ways were he, Two-Bit, and Johnny similar to Cherry and
Marcia?
2. After talking with Cherry, what does Pony decide ultimately separates the Greasers from the
Socs?
3. Conversely to Pony’s statement, what does Cherry think separates the Greasers and the Socs?
4. What are some adjectives that describe the Socs?
5. What are some adjectives that describe the Greasers?
6. Describe who or what Mickey Mouse was.
7. Why does Pony share the story of Mickey Mouse with Cherry, considering he has never told
anyone else the story?
8. What is significant about Cherry asking Pony if he watches sunsets?
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9. What happens when the blue Mustang pulls up along side Pony, Two-Bit, Johnny, Cherry, and
Marcia?
10. How does Cherry resolve the conflict described in #9?
11. Why does Ponyboy what to live in the country?
12. What are the consequences of Pony having fallen asleep in the parking lot with Johnny?
13. What are the consequences of Johnny having fallen asleep in the parking lot with Pony?
14. What caused Pony to run away from home?
15. Why does Johnny like it better at home when his father is hitting him?
Chapter 4
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1. What symbols reoccur in this chapter?
2. Describe what happens in the park between Pony, Johnny, and the Socs.
3. What does Johnny do that ends the conflict?
4. Why do Johnny and Pony go to Dally for help after the trouble in the park?
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5. What does Dally give to Pony and Johnny to help them?’
6. What is the one thing that Dally is honest about?
7. Describe Dally’s plan for Johnny and Pony until he thinks it is safe to see them again.
8. When excuse does Pony give to the farmer for wanting directions to Jay Mountain?
9. Describe the foreshadowing at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 5
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1. What items does Johnny purchase at the general store?
2. Why was Pony upset about getting a haircut?
3. What was Johnny’s favorite part of Gone with the Wind? Of whom did it remind him?
4. What doesn't Ponyboy like about Dally?
5. What is the poem about that Pony recites to Johnny when they are watching the sun rise?
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6. What do Ponyboy and Johnny do to pass time while they are in hiding?
7. When Dally arrives at the church, what important things does he tell Pony and Johnny?
8. Summarize the letter Pony gets from Soda.
Chapter 6
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1. What did Johnny announce after his fifth barbecue sandwich?
2. How does Dally react to this announcement?
3. Who is the unofficial leader of the gang?
4. Why doesn’t anyone in the gang ever mess or “tangle” with Dally?
5. What is happening when the boys return to the church?
6. Why does Johnny look like he was having “the time of his life” while he was pulling the kids
out of the fire?
7. Where does Ponyboy think he is being taken when he wakes up in the ambulance?
8. What does Jerry Wood tell Ponyboy about the events at the church when they are on their way
to the hospital?
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9. Why did Dally refuse to go into the church to save the kids but rushed in immediately to save
Johnny?
10. What realization did Ponyboy have about Darry when he saw him in the hospital?
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