The Outsiders Quiz

Front 1

The difference between the greasers and the Socs was the fact that:

Back 1

The greasers were from poor families, and the Socs from upper middle class

Front 2

Ponyboy's brothers were called:

Back 2

Soda and Darry

Front 3

The other members of the greaser gang were called:

Back 3

Two-Bit Mathews, Johnny Cade, Steve Randle, and Dallas Winson

Front 4

Characterizations closest to Darry and Sodapop are that:

Back 4

They were working to support the family since their parents had been killed

Front 5

Cherry and Marcia were:

Back 5

Girlfriends of the Socs

Front 6

Johnny had become a shadow of his former self due to the fact that:

Back 6

He had been almost killed by the Socs

Front 7

Cherry and Marcia had separated themselves from their boyfriends since:

Back 7

The boys had become drunk

Front 8

The boy who liked wearing three heavy rings when beating others was called:

Back 8

Bob

Front 9

Ponyboy ran away because:

Back 9

He had been slapped by Darry

Front 10

Johnny killed Bob because:

Back 10

Bob had almost drowned Ponyboy

Front 11

The boys ran to Dallas because:

Back 11

They sought help from Dallas

Front 12

Dallas told them to go:

Back 12

To a church

Front 13

In order to disguise themselves, the boys:

Back 13

Cut and bleached their hair

Front 14

The book that Johnny read in the church was called:

Back 14

Gone with the Wind

Front 15

The poem(s) that inspired Johnny was (were):

Back 15

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Front 16

Ponyboy and Johnny rushed into the flaming church in order to:

Back 16

Save some school children who had wandered into the church

Front 17

Jerry Wood was:

Back 17

The schoolteacher of the school children in the church

Front 18

Ponyboy hugged Darry because:

Back 18

He suddenly realized that Darry cared for him

Front 19

The "rumble" was being held because:

Back 19

The Socs wanted to avenge the greasers for Bob's murder

Front 20

Randy refused to go to the "rumble" because:

Back 20

He did not want to fight anymore

Front 21

Before Johnny died, he wanted:

Back 21

To grease his hair and the book Gone with the Wind

Front 22

Ponyboy reminds Cherry that she can see the sunset "real good from the West side." This is an allusion to the fact that:

Back 22

Despite socioeconomic differences, they are, at base, alike

Front 23

The "rumble" was won by:

Back 23

The greasers

Front 24

Ponyboy's head hurt because:

Back 24

He was kicked on the head during the "rumble"

Front 25

Dallas was killed by the police due to the fact that:

Back 25

The police erroneously thought he was attacking them

Front 26

Ponyboy had been hospitalized because:

Back 26

He had had a concussion

Front 27

Randy came to visit Ponyboy because:

Back 27

He wanted to say the correct thing by the hearing

Front 28

The hearing was held in order to determine whether:

Back 28

The Curtis boys should stay together

Front 29

Ponyboy wrote this particular story mentioned in the book because:

Back 29

He wanted people to understand the greasers and he wanted to give over Johnny's message—that there was still good in the world