The Outsiders: Chapter 1-2 Quiz: Answer The Following Questions in Complete Sentences

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The Outsiders: Chapter 1-2 Quiz:

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What happens to Ponyboy on his way home from the movies?

2. Briefly describe the conflict between The Greasers and The Socs.

3. What happened to the Curtis brothers' parents?

4. How is Ponyboy different from the rest of the Greasers?

5. In one well-written sentence, characterize Darry.


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6. In one well-written sentence, characterize Sodapop.

7. List The Greasers who are at the movies "with" Cherry and Marcia.

8. What does Ponyboy tell Cherry while standing in line for popcorn?

9. Explain what Cherry Valance means when she says, "Things are rough all over."

10. True or False. Pony says that the greasers sometimes deserve the treatment they get from
other people.

11. Which quote is the reason pony gives for the behavior of  Soda and Steve? (The fights,
drag races, etc.)
a) "...it's fun..." b) most girls "looked at us like we were dirt..." c) the Socs "got all
the breaks..." d) "...too much feeling with no way to blow it off..." e) "...no
specific thing to hate..."

12. "They are right. You are a hood." Who's talking? a) The girl at the drive-in. b) The girl in
Pony's biology class. c) Steve d) Two-Bit's mom e) The Socs who jumped Pony f) Dally's
ex-girlfriend
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1. What had Ponyboy been doing when he was jumped by a group of Socs?
A. He had just stepped outside the pool hall after shooting some pool with a group of
his friends.
B. He had been shooting hoops behind the school.
C. He had been walking home after seeing a movie at the movie house.
D. He had been riding his bike to school.

2. Which of the following statements about Ponyboy's brother, Darry, is true?


A. Darry spent two years in jail for stealing a car.
B. Darry wanted Ponyboy to drop out of school.
C. Darry slept a lot.
D. Darry worked a lot.

3. What did Ponyboy remember when the red Corvair pulled up beside him?
A. He remembered that Rosalyn and Ruth were coming over for pizza that night.
B. He remembered that he was carrying a blade with him.
C. He remembered that tomorrow was his birthday.
D. He remembered what Johnny looked like after the Socs got hold of him.

4. What did one of the Socs say they were going to do to Ponyboy?
A. The Soc said that they were going to make an example of Ponyboy.
B. The Soc said that they were going to kill Ponyboy.
C. The Soc said that they were going to give Ponyboy a haircut.
D. The Soc said that they were going to teach Ponyboy some manners.

5. Why did the Socs run off?


A. They heard the siren of a police car.
B. They realized that Ponyboy was Darry’s little brother.
C. They heard one of their friends calling to them for help.
D. None of the above

6. What kind of home life did Johnny have?


A. Johnny’s father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except
for when she was hacked off at something, and then Ponyboy could hear her yelling
at Johnny all the way down at Ponyboy’s house.
B. Johnny lived with his grandmother because both his mother and father were in
prison.
C. Johnny grew up in a rich West-side neighborhood, but his parents had kicked him
out of the house. Now Johnny lived mostly on the streets.
D. Johnny was the oldest of ten kids in his family. His parents were strict but kind.

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