The
Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
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The Outsiders
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Who is the second-youngest member of
the greasers?
(A) Johnny
(B) Two-Bit
(C) Steve
(D) Sodapop
How old is Darry?
(A) Twenty-three
(B) Twenty
(C) Nineteen
(D) Eighteen
Which character has moviestar good looks?
(A) Sodapop
(B) Two-Bit
(C) Darry
(D) Cherry
What is Ponyboy’s real
name?
(A) Frederick
(B) Walter
(C) Jason
(D) Ponyboy
What did Darry let
Ponyboy and Sodapop
have for breakfast
that their parents
would not?
Answer
What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read in the
church?
(A) How the West Was Won
(B) Rumble Fish
(C) Gone with the Wind
(D) Great Expectations
Who bleaches Ponyboy’s hair?
(A) Sodapop
(B) Marcia
(C) Johnny
(D) Dally
In which town is the abandoned church where
Ponyboy and Johnny hide out located?
(A) Tonkawa
(B) Guthrie
(C) Windrixville
(D) Bartlesville
What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East
Side and the West Side?
(A) Sunsets
(B) Rainbows
(C) Sunrises
(D) The moon
When the boys first get to
Windrixville they need directions
to the church. So they do not
draw attention to themselves
Ponyboy tells the farmer a fake
reason that they are looking for
the church. What is the reason
he give for trying to find the old
church?
Answer
Where did Dally live right before moving to
Ponyboy’s town?
(A) New Orleans
(B) Dallas
(C) New York
(D) Tuscaloosa
What kind of car does Cherry drive?
(A) A Mustang
(B) A Corvette
(C) A Volkswagon
(D) A Ferrari
In which sport does Ponyboy participate?
(A) Football
(B) Track
(C) Wrestling
(D) Gymnastics
What is the name of Sodapop’s horse?
(A) Daniel
(B) Captain Steve
(C) Lightning
(D) Mickey Mouse
What is the title
of the poem that
Ponyboy recites to
Johnny at the
church and who is
it by?
Answer
Which character dies first?
(A) Johnny
(B) Bob
(C) Dally
(D) Nobody dies
Who kills Dally?
(A) Darry
(B) The police
(C) Bob and Randy
(D) A drunk driver
How did the Curtis brothers’
parents die?
(A) In a car accident
(B) In a roller-coaster accident
(C) In a boating accident
(D) In a horse-riding accident
When did Ponyboy’s recurring nightmares
begin?
(A) The night of his parents’ funeral
(B) The night Johnny killed Bob
(C) The night he found out Sodapop was
dropping out of school
(D) The night he met Cherry Valance
Right before Dally was shot
Ponyboy remembers him saying
something about the gun he
uses as a bluff. What did he
call the gun and why is it just
a bluff and not something that
can really kill someone?
Answer
How does Ponyboy get a concussion?
(A) A roof beam falls on him during the
fire.
(B) A Soc hits him with a lead pipe.
(C) He is kicked in the head during the
rumble.
(D) He falls down a staircase in the
fire.
With what does Ponyboy threaten the Socs
who approach him outside of the
convenience store?
(A) A switch-blade
(B) A gun
(C) A broken pop bottle
(D) An arrest warrant
Who is Randy?
(A) A greaser from an enemy gang
(B) A Soc who refuses to fight in the
rumble
(C) One of Ponyboy’s high school teachers
(D) None of the above
How does Darry know Paul Holden, his first
opponent at the rumble?
(A) They played football together in high
school.
(B) Paul jumped Darry once.
(C) Paul brought his car to the garage
where Darry works.
(D) Darry dated Paul’s sister.
What was Darry’s reason for
keeping their house door
unlocked even after being
warned by some of the other
Greasers parents not to? Why
was he not worried about
burglars?
Answer
Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the
drive-in?
(A) Their boyfriends left because they did
not like the movies that were playing.
(B) Their boyfriends walked off with two
other girls from their high school.
(C) The girls decided to go out by themselves
that day.
(D) The girls walked away from their
boyfriends when they found out their
boyfriends had booze.
What is Two-Bit’s most prized possession?
(A) His 1920 silver dollar
(B) His silver-plated .45
(C) His black-handled switchblade
(D) His mother’s locket
Who is Randy’s girlfriend?
(A) Cherry
(B) Sandy
(C) Julia
(D) Marcia
Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy move to
Florida?
(A) To go to college
(B) Because her parents are moving
(C) Because she is wanted by the police
(D) Because she is pregnant
When did Ponyboy realize
that Darry loved him? How
did he know (what specifically
happened)?
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fight – it’s not you
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fight – it’s not you
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Who is the second-youngest
member of the greasers?
(A) Johnny
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How old is Darry?
(B) Twenty
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Which character has moviestar good looks?
(A) Sodapop
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What is Ponyboy’s real name?
(D) Ponyboy
Darry lets them
have Chocolate
Cake.
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What book do Johnny and
Ponyboy read in the church?
(C) Gone with the Wind
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Who bleaches Ponyboy’s hair?
(C) Johnny
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In which town is the abandoned
church where Ponyboy and Johnny
hide out located?
(C) Windrixville
You are correct!
What does Ponyboy say is visible
on both the East Side and the
West Side?
(A) Sunsets
The reason Ponyboy
gave to the farmer
was that he was
playing army and he
is supposed to
report to
headquarters
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Which character dies
first?
(B) Bob
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Who kills Dally?
(B) The police
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How did the Curtis brothers’
parents die?
(A) In a car accident
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When did Ponyboy’s recurring
nightmares begin?
(A) The night of his parents’
funeral
The gun was called a
heater and it was a
bluff because it was not
loaded.
“I been carryin’ a
heater. It ain’t
loaded, but it sure does
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Where did Dally live right before
moving to Ponyboy’s town?
(C) New York
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What kind of car does Cherry
drive?
(B) A Corvette
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In which sport does Ponyboy
participate?
(B) Track
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What is the name of Sodapop’s
horse?
(D) Mickey Mouse
The name of the poem
is “Nothing Gold Can
Stay” and it is by
Robert Frost.
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How does Ponyboy get a concussion?
(C) He is kicked in the head
during the rumble.
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With what does Ponyboy threaten
the Socs who approach him outside
of the convenience store?
(C) A broken pop bottle
You are correct!
Who is Randy?
(B) A Soc who refuses to fight
in the rumble
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How does Darry know Paul
Holden, his first opponent at
the rumble?
(A) They played football
together in high school.
Darry did not lock their door
because he wanted anyone in the
gang to have a place to stay all
the time in case they got in a
fight with their parents. He did
not want them to rob a convenient
store or something to blow off
some steam when they could just
go to his house. He is not worried
about burglars because he is
strong (in the book he flexes his
muscles to show this).
You are correct!
Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the
drive-in?
(D) The girls walked away from their
boyfriends when they found out their
boyfriends had booze.
You are correct!
What is Two-Bit’s most prized
possession?
(C) His black-handled
switchblade
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Who is Randy’s girlfriend?
(D) Marcia
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Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend
Sandy move to Florida?
(D) Because she is pregnant
Ponyboy realized that
Darry loved him when he
showed up at the hospital
after Ponyboy had been
missing for a week. He
finally knew for sure
because Darry was crying.
No – He did
not live there.
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No – Not that
kind.
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No – Not that
sport.
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No – Wrong
name.
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