The Outsiders Ch. 1-4

Based on the sentence, “But when I came back to reality and looked at her, I was startled to find her as white as a sheet.” what can we infer about Cherry’s character now?

• Cherry is compassionate.

• Cherry is spiteful.

• Cherry is mean.

• Cherry is sick.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

Based on the sentence, “Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk them home---the west side of town was only about twenty miles away----but they wanted to call their parents and have them come and get them.” which word most closely means “gallantly”?

• Flirtatious
• Manly
• Heroically
• Foolish

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

Based on the line, “They liked the Beatles and thought Elvis Presley was out, and we thought the Beatles were rank and that Elvis was tuff, but that seemed the only difference to me.” which conflict was beginning to be resolved?

• Conflict is not solved here
• External Conflict
• Man vs. Man
• Internal Conflict

Based on the line, “I thought maybe it was money that separated us.” shows which of the following the most 

• Shows how money is an important factor throughout the novel.
• Implies that money is the external conflict in the novel
• Shows that Cherry is struggling with understanding why the Greasers and Socs are separate
• Ponyboy is struggling with understanding why the Greasers and Socs are separate

Based on the line, “We’re always going and going and going, and never asking where. Did you ever hear of having more than you wanted? So that you couldn’t want anything else and then started looking for something else to want? It seems like we’re always searching for something to satisfy use, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we could.” what part of the story is the writer developing?

• Internal conflict

• Ponyboy’s internal conflict, which now rounds out Ponyboy as a character

• Cherry’s internal conflict, which now rounds out Cherry as a character

• Climax

Based on context clues, what does “aloofness” mean in the line: “Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through.”

• Distant
• Money
• Power
• Shyness

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4