Reading 1
Why is Darry reluctant to let Ponyboy join the rumble?
He is sick
or
he is out of shape
What does Randy come to Ponyboy’s house to talk about?
The hearing
It was too __________________ a problem to be a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was too late.
Vast
Two-Bit and Johnny were staring at me now. “No…” Two-Bit said, ________________________. “No, Ponyboy, that ain’t right...You got it wrong…”
dumbfounded
Dally had taken the car and I started the long walk home in a ________________________. Johnny was dead. But he wasn’t.
stupor
Which greaser begins the rumble by starting to fight?
Darry
or
Darry and his old friend Paul
How does Dally die?
The police shoot him.
Then he said I was ________________________ and the whole case was closed. Just like that.
acquitted
He ______________________ off to the right, but I caught him in a flying tackle before he’d gone more than a couple of steps.
veered
“Stop it,” Johnny gasped between ______________________ teeth. “Shut up about last night! I killed a kid last night.”
clenched
What does Johnny leave for Ponyboy?
His copy of Gone with the Wind.
What is Ponyboy worried will happen to him after his hearing?
That he will not be able to live with his brothers anymore; that they will be split up.
I _______________________ the scene with pride. I was the youngest one there. Even Curly, if he had been there, had turned 15, so he was older than me.
surveyed
If the judge decides Darry isn’t a good guardian or something, I’m __________________________ to get stuck in a home somewhere. That’s the rotten part of this deal.
liable
Oh no, I thought in ____________________________ fear, I’ve got to be in it. Right now, the most important thing in my life was helping us whip the Socs.
mortal
After Ponyboy gets very sick after the rumble, who is waiting by his bed when he wakes up?
Darry
What advice does Johnny give Ponyboy in his letter to him? (Hint: it’s two words.)
Stay Gold
Soda looked at me with mock ________________________ , but Darry went on: “You can see he uses it for one thing -- to grow hair on.
superiority
Dally was there too, swearing under his breath, turning away with a sick expression on his face. I wondered about it ________________________ .
vaguely
What type of ending does The Outsiders have?
circular
or
full circle
After Johnny’s death, Dallas calls the greasers. What does he tell them he has done?
Robbed a store
Why does Ponyboy write this story?
For his English class and he wants to tell their (the greasers) story
I ______________________ a giggle. If you want to see something funny, it’s a tough hood sticking his tongue out at his big brother.
stifled
Darry’s hopes that Soda was asleep were immediately ruined, because he came running in, ____________________in a pair of blue jeans.
clad
I think he could have whipped anyone, in the state he was in. Today’s Tuesday, and you’ve been asleep and _________________________ since Saturday night.
delirious