Ch. 3 The Outsiders

“Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through” (Hinton, 38).

What does ‘aloof’ mean?

• Emotionally distant

• Shaking or quivering

• Bad-tempered and combative

• To say something in a low or inaudible voice

“Mickey Mouse was a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt” (Hinton, 39).

What does ‘ornery’ mean?

• Bad-tempered and combative

• Shaking or quivering

• A desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone

• To say something in a low, inaudible voice

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"Wish it was the other way around," I muttered, and Two-Bit said, "Don't get mouthy Ponyboy."

What do you think ‘muttered’ means?

• Bad-tempered and combative

• Shaking or quivering

• A desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone

• To say something in a low, inaudible voice

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"Your boyfriends?" Johnny's voice was steady, but standing as close to him as I was, I could see he was trembling” (Hinton, 41).

What does 'trembling' mean?

• Bad-tempered and combative

• Shaking or quivering

• A desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone

• To say something in a low, inaudible voice

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“Maybe Johnny could come and live with us, and the gang could come out on weekends, any maybe Dallas would see that there was some good in the world after all, and Mom would talk to him and make him grin in spite of himself” (Hinton, 48).

What do you think ‘spite’ means?

• A desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone

• Weep or cry noisily

• Shaking or quivering

• Speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.

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"Johnny, I'm scared."'Well, don't be. You're scarin' me. What happened? I never seen you bawl like that” (Hinton, 51).

What do you think ‘bawl’ means?

• Say something in a low or inaudible voice.

• Shaking or quivering.

• Weep or cry noisily.

• Emotionally distant

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Who is Ponyboy with after the movies?

• Cherry, Two-bit Matthews, Marcia, and Johnny

• Cherry and Marcia

• Two-bit and Johnny

• Darry and Sodapop

Where are they walking to?

• They're walking to get Two-bit's car.

• They're walking to Ponyboy's house.

• They're going to the mall.

• They're going to the drive-in movies.

fighting style is described as cold and impersonal...

• The greasers

• The socs

• Johnny

• Mickey Mouse

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Who likes the Beatles?

• Ponyboy's parents

• Mickey Mouse

• The socs

• The greasers