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Ch 1 Text and Guided Questions

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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Question 1
1.

Based on the title, The Outsiders, make a guess--an inference--what the book will be about.

Question 2
2.

Based on your answer to #1, what kind of conflict is that?

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Question 8
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The rival gang is called the Socs.

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Question 11
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What happened to the narrator's friend, Johnny, to make him so scared?

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Question 13
13.

Who rescued the narrator?

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Question 16
16.

Sodapop is Ponyboy's favorite brother.

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Question 17
17.

Ponyboy is accepted as part of the gang even though he is young because his two older brothers are Greasers.

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Question 19
19.

Dallas is the toughest and meanest member.

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Question 21
21.

Johnny's parents abused him, and he felt more at home with the gang.

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Question 22
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Darry acts like Ponyboy's dad, even if he is only his brother.

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Question 23
23.

Darry's job is a house roofer.

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Question 25
25.

Sodapop wants to marry his girlfriend Sandy once he gets more money.

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Question 26
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Deep in his heart, Ponyboy knows Darry loves him.

Question 3
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What part of the story plot is it when the first character is introduced?

Question 4
4.

What are the names of the narrator's brothers?

Question 5
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The narrator is in a gang.

Question 6
6.

Match the narrator's brother with the way they are characterized.

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Soda
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Understands the narrator; happy-go-lucky; always smiling
Darry
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hard; never smiles; yells a lot
Question 7
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The narrator's gang is called the Greasers.

Question 9
9.

Match the gang with how they are described.

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Greasers
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long greasy hair; poor; hoods; East side
Socs
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social kids; rich; West side
Question 10
10.

The narrator is book smart, but not street smart.

Question 12
12.

How old is the narrator?

Question 14
14.

What is the narrator's name?

Question 15
15.

Ponyboy's parents are dead.

Question 18
18.

Put a check next to the names of the Greasers.

Question 20
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A rumble is a gang fight.

Question 24
24.

Darry was accepted into college on a football scholarship but can't go because he has to support his brothers.