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(A) The Outsiders Ch. 4-6

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Read the excerpt from chapter 4.

"We crouched in the weeds beside the railroad tracks, listening to the whistle grow louder. The train slowed to a screaming halt. “Now,” whispered Johnny. We ran and pulled ourselves into an open boxcar. We pressed against the side, trying to hold our breath while we listened to the railroad workers walk up and down outside. One poked his head inside, and we froze. But he didn’t see us, and the boxcar rattled as the train started up."

The words used in this excerpt create a mood of -

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Which of the following happens first?

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"He still reminded me of a lost puppy who had been kicked too often, but for the first time I saw him as a stranger might see him. He looked hard and tough, because of his black T-shirt and his blue jeans and jacket, and because his hair was heavily greased and so long."
In chapter 4, Ponyboy uses the above figurative comparison to describe Johnny in order to emphasize -

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In chapter 4, Johnny laughs at Ponyboy because -

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Read the excerpt from chapter 4.

"It was only last night that Dally and I had sat down behind those girls at the Nightly Double. Glory, I thought with a bewildering feeling of being rushed, things are happening too quick. Too fast. I figured I couldn't get into any worse trouble than murder. Johnny and I would be hiding for the rest of our lives. Nobody but Dally would know where we were, and he couldn't tell anyone because he'd get jailed again for giving us that gun. If Johnny got caught, they'd give him the electric chair, and if they caught me, I'd be sent to a reformatory. I'd heard about reformatories from Curly Shepard and I didn't want to go to one at all. So we'd have to be hermits for the rest of our lives, and never see anyone but Dally. Maybe I'd never see Darry or Sodapop again. Or even Two-Bit or Steve. I was in the country, but I knew I wasn't going to like it as much as I'd thought I would. There are things worse than being a greaser."

What is this excerpt mainly about?

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If Johnny got caught, they'd give him the electric chair, and if they caught me, I'd be sent to a reformatory.

In this sentence, the word reformatory is best understood to refer to a place a person is sent for the purpose of -

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The reader can tell Ponyboy cares about people's opinions of him because he -

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“All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces of it
broke off and floated away in small clouds. The sky was lighter in the east, and
the horizon was a thin golden line. The clouds changed from gray to pink, and
the mist was touched with gold. There was a silent moment when everything
held its breath, and then the sun rose.”
This quote is an example of -

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What are Ponyboy and Johnny looking at when Ponyboy recites the line "Nothing gold can stay"?

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In chapter 5, what does Dally give to Ponyboy when he comes to the church?

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In chapter 5, Johnny and Ponyboy have to disguise themselves. Johnny buys bleach for Ponyboy and they both cut their hair.

What does Ponyboy's hair symbolize?



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How do Johnny and Ponyboy pass time when they are in the church?

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What news does Dally give Ponyboy and Johnny?

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"He studied his wedding ring. Maybe he's thinking about his wife, I thought. I wished he'd say something."

In chapter 6, Jerry Wood most likely studies his wedding ring because he -

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In chapter 6, the lines "he'd beat the tar out of me" and "He was still swearing at me" suggest that Dally-

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A primary cause of the conflict between Ponyboy and Darry is -

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"I remembered the funeral. I had sobbed in spite of myself; Soda had broken down and bawled like a baby; but Darry had only stood there, his fists in his pockets and that look on his face, the same helpless, pleading look that he was wearing now."

Which of these words could be substituted for the word bawled in chapter 6 without substantially changing the effect of its sentence?

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The climax of the scene with Ponyboy and his brothers occurs when -

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In the second to last sentence of chapter 6, when Ponyboy says he is finally home he is referring to being -

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Explain why the boys went into the fire to save the kids. What does this tell you about Ponyboy and Johnny? Use text evidence and the RACE strategy to support your answer.