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The Outsiders: Final Exam

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Question 1
1.

Who is the second-youngest memeber of the greasers?

Question 2
2.

In which town is the abandoned church where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out located?

Question 3
3.

In which sport does Ponyboy particpate?

Question 4
4.

What is the name of Sodapop's horse?

Question 5
5.

What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East Side and the West Side?

Question 6
6.

What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read in the church?

Question 7
7.

Who kills Dally?

Question 8
8.

How does Darry know Paul Holden, his first opponent at the rumble?

Question 9
9.

Who is Randy?

Question 10
10.

With what does Ponyboy threaten the Socs who approach him outside of the convenience store?

Question 11
11.

How does Ponyboy get a concussion?

Question 12
12.

Which character dies first?

Question 13
13.

Who is Randy's girlfriend?

Question 14
14.

Which character has movie-star good looks?

Question 15
15.

What is Two-Bit's most prized possession?

Question 16
16.

How old is Darry?

Question 17
17.

Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive in?

Question 18
18.

When did Ponyboy's recurring nighmares first begin?

Question 19
19.

What kind of car does Cherry drive?

Question 20
20.

How did the Curtis brothers' parents die?

Question 21
21.

What is Ponyboy's real name?

Question 22
22.

Darry always keeps their door unlocked because

Question 23
23.

After Pony and Randy talk, Ponyboy realizes that Socs

Question 24
24.

Dally avoided getting a speeding ticket on the way to the hospital by

Question 25
25.

At the trial, the judge

Match each character with the description given.
Question 26
26.

wise-cracker

Question 27
27.

Movie-star handsome

Question 28
28.

Likes to fight to show off his muscles

Question 29
29.

Likes to fight for fun

Question 30
30.

tough, cold, and mean

Question 31
31.

Ponyboy finds it easier to talk to Darry than Sodapop.

Question 32
32.

Cherry, Marcia, Bob, Randy, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Ponyboy go to the same school.

Question 33
33.

Greasers usually start most of the fights with the Socs.

Question 34
34.

Darry turned down a college scholarship so the Curtis brothers would have enough money to stay together.

Question 35
35.

Ponyboy saw Johnny stab Randy.

Question 36
36.

Ponyboy and Johnny hide out in the church for two weeks.

Question 37
37.

Ponyboy and Johnny think their cigarettes probably started the church fire.

Question 38
38.

Bob“s death makes Randy want to fight for revenge in the rumble.

Question 39
39.

Dally cares about no one except himself.

Question 40
40.

At the court hearing, the judge realizes Ponyboy has been ill.

Question 41
41.

Choose one of the following questions to answer in a short essay. Indicate which essay you are answering by including the number you chose. All essay responses should be supported with details from the novel.

1. Compare and contrast Johnny and Dally. What roles do they play in the novel? What roles do they play in Ponyboy's life?

2. Discuss Ponyboy's evolving conception of the Socs. How does his opinion of the Socs at the end of the novel differ from his opinion at the beginning?

3. How is "Nothing Gold Can Stay," the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny at the church, relevant to Ponyboy and Johnny's story?

4. Dally is the meanest, crudest, roughest, toughest member of the Greasers. Why does Johnny think Dally is gallant? Give details from the novel to support your answer.