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(A) The Outsiders Final Assessment

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44 questions
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The warfare between the Greasers and the Socs grows out of-

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To Ponyboy’s surprise, Johnny enjoys-

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A week after Bob’s death, Johnny decides that it would be best-

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Dally is afraid that jail will-

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Johnny is fatally injured when-

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Ponyboy realizes that Darry really loves him when-

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Even before the rumble between the greasers and the Socs, Ponyboy realizes that-

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According to Randy, Bob really wanted his parents

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Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy are:

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The only thing Dally truly loves is-

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Dally is cut down by police bullets when he-

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In a letter written just before his death, Johnny tells Ponyboy that-

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When Ponyboy begins to fail English, his teacher-

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Ponyboy-

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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:

As we walked out into the hall, we saw Johnny’s mother. I knew her. She was a little woman, with straight black hair and big black eyes like Johnny’s. But that was as far as the resemblance went. Johnnycake’s eyes were fearful and sensitive; hers were cheap and hard.

Based on the passage, the imagery used to describe Johnny’s mother is effective because of which reason?

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Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

I should be scared, I thought with an odd detached feeling, but I’m not. The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants. Suddenly, in the red glow and the haze, I remembered wondering what it was like in a burning ember, and I thought: Now I know, it’s a red hell. Why aren’t I scared?

The bolded sentence above-

Read the passage and use it to answer questions 17-19:
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.



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Which of the following lines is a metaphor?

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Which of the following is an example of personification?

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What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Read the following passage and use it to answer questions 20-22:

Somehow the gang sensed what had happened. Two-Bit was suddenly there beside me, and for once his comical grin was gone and his dancing gray eyes were stormy. Darry had seen us from our porch and ran toward us, suddenly skidding to a halt. Dally was there, too, swearing under his breath, and turning away with a sick expression on his face. I wondered about it vaguely. Dally had seen people killed on the streets of New York’s West Side. Why did he look sick now?
“Johnny?” Soda lifted him up and held him against his shoulder. He gave the limp body a slight shake. “Hey, Johnnycake.”
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Read the sentence from the passage. Which answer choice best describes the feeling the sentence creates?

“Dally was there, too, swearing under his breath, and turning away with a sick expression on his face.”


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The cause of the gang’s reaction is which of the following conflicts?

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The result of the conflict affected Johnny in what way?

Read the passage and answer questions 23-25:

Soda punched him in the ribs affectionately.
“This kiddo can use his head.”
Sodapop looked down at me with mock superiority, but Darry went on: “You can see he uses it for one thing – to grow hair on.” He ducked Soda’s swing and took off for the door.
Two-Bit stuck his head in the door just as Darry went flying out of it. Leaping as he went off the steps, Darry turned a somersault in mid-air, hit the ground, and bounced up before Soda could catch him.
“Wellup,” Two-Bit said cheerfully, cocking an eyebrow, “I see we are in prime condition for a rumble. Is everybody happy?”
“Yeah!” screamed Soda has he too did a flying somersault off the steps. He flipped up to walk on his hands and then did a no-hands cartwheel across the yard to beat Darry’s performance. The excitement was catching. Screeching like an Indian, Steve went running across the lawn in flying leaps, stopped suddenly, and flipped backward...
With a happy whoop I did a no-hands cartwheel off the porch steps, hit the ground, and rolled to my feet. Two-Bit followed me in a similar manner.
“I’m a greaser,” Sodapop chanted. “I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!”
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The tone of the above passage can best be described as

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Which line from the passage best shows how tension is building towards the climax?

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What is the cause for the characters doing acrobatics?

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Other Answer Choices:
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Johnny Cade is the toughest, meanest, and coldest greaser that Pony knows.

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Darry does not attend college because he lacks the academic ability to succeed in college.

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Ponyboy loves books, but does poorly in his schoolwork.

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Dally sneaks into the Nightly Double at the drive-in movie because he hates to do things the legal way.

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Ponyboy kills Bob in self-defense.

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Randy, one of the Socs who attacked Ponyboy and Johnny, testifies that Johnny killed Bob out of self-defense.

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Ponyboy blames himself for Johnny’s death.

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Ponyboy and Johnny were considered heroes after the church fire.

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Ponyboy and Cherry both talked about the beauty of sunsets.

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The first Soc to fight Darry in the rumble was an old buddy of his from his high school football days.

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In the rumble, the Greasers won.

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When Johnny died, Ponyboy and Two-Bit were with him.

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Dally’s last words to Ponyboy were “Stay gold.”

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Towards the end of the novel, Ponyboy becomes an unreliable narrator.

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Sandy was pregnant with Sodapop’s child.

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Throughout the unit we have analyzed conflict and plot. Describe the climax of the novel, and also describe how the MAIN external conflict is resolved or is not resolved? Use the RACE strategy and text evidence to support your answer.

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I watched Darry going toward Tim and the leader of the Brumly boys. He shouldn’t be here, I thought suddenly. I shouldn’t be here and Steve shouldn’t be here and Soda shouldn’t be here and Two-Bit shouldn’t be here. We’re greasers, but not hoods, and we don’t belong with this bunch of future convicts. We could end up like them, I thought. We could.

-Based on the above passage, describe Ponyboy’s tone at the rumble. Use the RACE strategy and text evidence to support your answer.


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Identify one of the major life events that occurs in Ponyboy’s life before the start of the novel and describe how it drives the plot. Provide two examples from the text. Use the RACE strategy and text evidence to support your answer.