The Outsiders – Ch 7 QuizThis is NOT open book. Do NOT let anyone else see your answers. You will have 60 seconds to choose each answer choice.

1. Who waited with Ponyboy in the hospital?

A)Two-Bit and SteveB)Darry and SodapopC)Dally and Cherry

2. What is Ponyboy’s response to the reporter’s question, “What would you do right now if you could do anything you wanted?”

A)Take a bathB)Go eatC)Go to the Nightly Double

3. Who looked after Ponyboy after his brothers went to work?

A)Two-BitB)DarryC)Steve

4. What were Dally’s injuries from the fire?

A)Broken back with third-degree burnsB)Suffered from smoke inhalation onlyC)Badly burned one arm that would be

scarred for the rest of his life.

5. What is the implication that is made about Soda’s girlfriend Sandy?

A)She has to move to another school.B)She is pregnant.C)She has to leave town because Soda

is abusive.

6. What happens in the nightmare that has Pony screaming bloody murder?A)It is not revealed.B)He sees his parents involved in

a car accident.C)He relives the night that Bob

was stabbed.

7. What parenting mistake did Randy feel Bob’s parents made?

A)They were too strict with him.B)They did not love him enough.C)They never told him no.

8. How has Ponyboy’s view of the Socs changed?

A)He now hates them even more.B)He now sees them as human

beings with problems.C)He now sees them as cold and

unfeeling.

9. After reading the morning paper, what is Ponyboy’s biggest fear?A)That he is going to jail for

manslaughterB)That Dally will be upset because he

was made out to be a hero.C)That the authorities might put

Sodapop and him in a boys’ home.

10. What item do the Curtis brothers always keep in the ice box for breakfast in the morning?

A)Chocolate cakeB)BrowniesC)Cupcakes

Answers

1. Who waited with Ponyboy in the hospital?

A)Two-Bit and SteveB)Darry and SodapopC)Dally and Cherry

2. What is Ponyboy’s response to the reporter’s question, “What would you do right now if you could do anything you wanted?”

A)Take a bathB)Go eatC)Go to the Nightly Double

3. Who looked after Ponyboy after his brothers went to work?

A)Two-BitB)DarryC)Steve

4. What were Dally’s injuries from the fire?

A)Broken back with third-degree burnsB)Suffered from smoke inhalation onlyC)Badly burned one arm that would be

scarred for the rest of his life.

5. What is the implication that is made about Soda’s girlfriend Sandy?

A)She has to move to another school.B)She is pregnant.C)She has to leave town because Soda

is abusive.

6. What happens in the nightmare that has Pony screaming bloody murder?A)It is not revealed.B)He sees his parents involved in

a car accident.C)He relives the night that Bob

was stabbed.

7. What parenting mistake did Randy feel Bob’s parents made?

A)They were too strict with him.B)They did not love him enough.C)They never told him no.

8. How has Ponyboy’s view of the Socs changed?

A)He now hates them even more.B)He now sees them as human

beings with problems.C)He now sees them as cold and

unfeeling.

9. After reading the morning paper, what is Ponyboy’s biggest fear?A)That he is going to jail for

manslaughterB)That Dally will be upset because he

was made out to be a hero.C)That the authorities might put

Sodapop and him in a boys’ home.

10. What item do the Curtis brothers always keep in the ice box for breakfast in the morning?

A)Chocolate cakeB)BrowniesC)Cupcakes

How to buy back your pointsFor each wrong answer, you must do the following: Answer the question in no less than three sentences to explain the correct response.

Include a text quote from the book that supports your explanation.

Include a page number citation IN PARENTHESES.