The Outsiders - Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Darry seems to like being ________ by Soda.

• muttered

• teased

• dulled

• jumped

I ________ that red Corvair trailing me.

• teased

• dig

• bothered

• spotted

He's really proud of you 'cause you're so ________.

• brainy

• dull

• tough

• tuff

I had never been ________, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him.

• teased

• spotted

• muttered

• jumped

I'm usually ________ quiet around people.

• pretty

• dull

• teasing

• gingerly

I touched my cheek ________.

• teasingly

• tough

• gingerly

• dully

I heard a ________ curse and got slugged again.

• jumped

• muttered

• gingerly

• spotted

I was sweating something ________, although I was cold.

• pretty

• tough

• fierce

• dull

No one ________ movies and books the way I do.

• teases

• takes up

• digs

• brings up

In New York, Dally ________________________ in gang fights.

• blew off steam

• let someone in on something

• shook like a leaf

• took up