The Outsiders Chapters 1-6

Why did Johnny have to bleach and cut Ponyboy's hair?

• So he wouldn't be recognized

• It was cut during the fight with the Soc

• Ponyboy wanted it that way

• For a job interview that he had

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Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in?

• Their boyfriends left because they did not like the movie

• Their boyfriends walked off with two other girls

• The girls decided to go off by themselves

• The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out they had been drinking.

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Ponyboy and Johnny sit with Cherry and Marcia because

• the only two seats left were with the girls.

• Dally had spilled soda on Cherry's chair.

• Bob was coming back.

• the girls asked the boys to protect them.

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Who do Pony and Johnny go to for help after the incident in the park?

• Dally

• Steve

• Two-Bit

• Johnny's mom

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Who saved Pony from being severely burned?

• Jerry (the teacher)

• Pony saved himself

• Johnny

• Dally

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Why does Darry work instead of going to college?

• He lost his scholarship to play football when he injured his back.
• He dropped out of high school because he was too bored in school.
• He got a good job roofing houses and wanted to make lots of money.
• He had to take care of his brothers or they would be split up in foster care.

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Who is being described? “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world.  He was tougher than the rest of us-tougher, colder, meaner.”

• Soda
• Two Bit
• Darry
• Dally

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Who is being described? “He’s always happy-go-lucky and grinning.  He gets drunk on just plain living.  And he understands everybody.”

• Two-Bit
• Soda
• Johnny
• Ponyboy

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Who is being described?  “He was the gang’s pet, everyone’s kid brother.”

• Ponyboy
• Steve
• Johnny
• Darry

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Who is being described? “He looks older than twenty--tough, cool, and smart. He would be real handsome if his eyes weren’t so cold. He doesn’t understand anything that is not plain hard fact. But he uses his head.”

• Darry
• Dally
• Tim Shepard
• Soda

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