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Grade 8 The Outsiders
What is the meaning of the line, "Stay gold, Ponyboy"?
  1. Don't get too hard and tough
  2. Don't ever change
  3. Don't loose his sensitive side
  4. All of the above
Grade 8 The Outsiders
How did Johnny react when his mother came to visit him at the hospital?
  1. He rejects her.
  2. He is overjoyed.
  3. He has to be physically restrained to keep from hitting her.
  4. He throws his tray of food at her.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Why did Dally rob the grocery store and then raise his unloaded gun to the police?
  1. Dally was a dare-devil always testing the limits of his power.
  2. Dally was just an ordinary criminal.
  3. Dally wanted to be shot.
  4. Dally forgot his gun was unloaded.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Describe Johnny's relationship with his parents.
  1. His parents were a close loving family
  2. His parents were abusive and didn't care about him
  3. Johnny hated his parents, but they loved him
  4. Johnny didn't care about his parents and they didn't care about him
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Why was Pony upset about getting a haircut?
  1. He was proud of his hair.
  2. He hated wearing a hat.
  3. It was his trademark as a greaser.
  4. Both a and c
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Why did we not "see" Bob getting stabbed by Johnny at the park?
  1. The author felt it was too violent to include in the book.
  2. The narrator, Ponyboy, was unconscious during the stabbing, therefore the reader didn't "see" it happen.
  3. This was a literary devise used by the author called flashback.
  4. It never really happened, it was only a dream.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
What is the climax of the novel?
  1. When Johnny stabs Bob
  2. When Johnny and Pony run away
  3. When Johnny and Dally die
  4. When the greasers when the rumble
Grade 8 The Outsiders
What were Johnny's last words to Ponyboy?
  1. "Tell my mother I'm sorry."
  2. "Have a rumble for me."
  3. "Remember to look out for yourself, Ponyboy."
  4. "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay Gold."
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Ponyboy says Greasers may not have much, but they do have:
  1. Pride
  2. Companionship
  3. A reputation
  4. Hot girlfriends
Grade 8 The Outsiders
This story is narrated by:
  1. Ponyboy
  2. Johnny
  3. the first-person narrator
  4. Both a and c
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Who was Mickey Mouse?
  1. Two-Bit's favorite cartoon character
  2. Soda's horse
  3. A new member of the gang
  4. Pony's dog
Grade 8 The Outsiders
What is the resolution of the novel?
  1. When Johnny stabs Bob
  2. When Pony returns home
  3. When Ponyboy writes his "theme" (essay) for school
  4. When the greasers win the rumble
Grade 8 The Outsiders
What caused Ponyboy to "run away"?
  1. Darry hit him.
  2. Cherry asked him to go with her.
  3. He wanted a better life.
  4. He was scared.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Ponyboy says, "I wondered about them the (Soc) girls I mean."
  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. This is also an example of symbolism.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
He was killed by the police:
  1. Tim Shepard
  2. Dallas Winston
  3. Steve Randell
  4. Two-Bit Mathews
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