The Outsiders Chapter 6

What evidence best supports this statement: Pony and Johnny have changed because they are taking responsibility for their actions.

• "I said we are going back and turn ourselves in."

• “I was glad we were going back. I was sick of the church. I didn’t care if I was bald.”

• “I ain’t got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense.”

• "That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes. He looked like he was having the time of his life."

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What are Johnny's injuries from the fire?

• Two broken legs.

• A broken back and 3rd degree burns.

• A concussion and bad burns.

• A broken neck.

How did Ponyboy and Johnny get the children out of the church?

• They held the door open for them.

• They dropped them from a window.

• They used a ladder to get them out the window.

• They didn't get them out of the church.

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Why were the children at/near the church in the first place?

• The children got lost

• Their parents dropped them off

• The children were on a field trip

• The children were hiding from the police

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Which piece of text evidence supports the reason why Dally went into the burning church ?

• To save his favorite jacket: "Your jacket was on fire, that's why he hit you"

• To save Johnny, not the kids: "Forget those blasted kids, get out of there!"

• To help Johnny save the kids: "Shut up, we are going to get you out of here... Johnny was not behaving like his old self."

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Darry and Ponyboy reconcile at the hospital. Ponyboy realizes...

• that Darry missed him

• that Darry is afraid of losing Pony

• that Darry is acting like a parent

• that Darry doesn't care

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Soda had broken down and bawled like a baby; but Darry had only stood there, his fists in his pockets…..

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

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“Then I realized it was a siren. “The fuzz, I thought dully. The cops have come for us.” (p. 93) Infer why Pony may have thought the cops were coming.

• because they started the fire in the church

• because they had a gun

• because they killed Bob

• All of these are possible reasons

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Which piece of text supports how Darry really feels about Ponyboy after all? (Bottom pg. 97-98)

• "Darry didn't like me... he had driven me away... he had hit me... "

• "When he yelled "Pony, where have you been all this time?" He meant "Pony, please be careful, I could not stand if anything happened to you."

• "I had sobbed in spite of myself, and Soda had bawled like a baby, but Darry had only stood their, fists in his pocket."

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The chapter ends with “....but I was finally home. To stay”, explain what Ponyboy means when he states “finally home” meaning

• He has learned a valuable lesson through recent events and appreciates his home (& Dally) more.

• He literally made it home.

• He plans to work in the hospital now and feels at home in this environment.

• He is back in Tulsa after their journey.

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