Chapters 3 - 4 Comprehension Check: The Outsiders

1. Why was Cherry and Marcia walking down the street with Two-Bit, Johnny, and Ponyboy?

• They were walking to Two-Bit's home to retrieve his car, so he could give the girls a ride home.
• The boys were walking the girls home.
• They were walking to a diner to get something to eat.
• They were walking to the park to hang out.

2 What kind of car were the Socs boys riding in?

• Corvette
• Trans Am
• Mustang
• GTO

3. Cherry believes the biggest difference between socs and greasers is that . . .

• Socs are richer.
• Socs are smarter.
• Greasers have no families.
• Greasers are more emotional.

4. Mickey Mouse was . . .

• The name of Sodapop's horse
• The name of a Greaser killed by a Soc.
• The name of a Soc that was killed by a Greaser.
• The nickname Ponyboy's father called him.

5. Why did Ponyboy run away from home?

• His dad threatened him.
• Darry threatened to kick him out.
• Darry slapped him.
• Sodapop told Dally he was with a Soc.

6. The fight between the Socs and Ponyboy and Johnny started with . . .

• Johnny cutting a Soc with his switchblade.
• a Soc shoving Ponyboy's face in a fountain.
• a Soc swinging a baseball bat at Johnny.
• Ponyboy swinging a chain at a Soc.

7. In the fight at the water fountain, Johnny . . .

• killed Bob with a knife.
• ran for help.
• was the first to see the policeman.
• accidently left his blue-jean jacket.

8. After the fight at the water fountain, Ponyboy and Johnny hid in . . .

• Two-Bits garage.
• Dally's basement.
• an abandoned city building.
• an abandoned church.

9. What Ponyboy mean by, "Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset."

• Ponyboy and Cherry Valance were really neighbors, but they were not telling anyone because both would be kicked out of their"gangs."
• Ponyboy is beginning to realize that the Socs and the Greasers will never get along as long as they lived in the same town.
• Ponyboy is beginning to realize that even though he and Cherry come from different backgrounds, they have more in common than he thought.
• Ponyboy and Cherry were eventually going to get married because they liked each other.

10. Interpret what Ponyboy means when he says, “ . . . things are happening too quick. Too fast.”

• One day everything seemed so normal and all of a sudden, the whole world has crumbled down around them.
• Cherry wants to run away and get married, but Ponyboy is not ready.
• At the rumble at the movie theater, there were only a few fighting at first, then there were at least 100 kids fighting.
• First Darry stopped speaking to Ponyboy and the nextthing he realized, Sodapop was not talking to him either.