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Chapter 1 ? 2

Reading Comprehension Questions 1. Who are the Socs? Who are the Greasers? 2. How is Ponyboy different from the other members of his gang? 3. How does Ponyboy's relationship with Darry and Sodapop differ? Explain. 4. What does the reader learn about what happened to Johnny before the story began? 5. What happens to Ponyboy when he walks home from the movies? 6. What is the difference between "tuff" and "tough"? 7. How does Ponyboy relate to Pip from Great Expectations? 8. Explain what altercation at the drive-in? 9. Why doesn't Ponyboy like referring to Sodapop as a `dropout'?

Digging A Little Deeper Questions 10. What does Ponyboy mean when he says, "I lie to myself all the time?" Do you ever lie to yourself? Why? 11. Discuss the theme of gender in these chapters. How do the characters treat members of the same sex, and of the opposite sex?

Literary Devices Questions 12. What is Ponyboy comparing Two-Bit to when he calls him a "chessy cat" on page 27? What two literary devices are used here? 13. What literary device does the author use to describe Johnny's mugging (pgs.3134)?

Chapter 3 ? 4

Reading Comprehension Questions 1. What does Cherry explain as the difference between the Socs and the greasers? 2. What happens when Pony comes home after his curfew? 3. Why does Johnny like it better when his father is hitting him?

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4. To whom do Ponyboy and Johnny go for help? What does he give them? What does he tell them to do? 5. Why does Johnny react so violently to the Socs?

Digging A Little Deeper Questions 6. What does Ponyboy mean when he says "Johnny and I understood each other without saying anything?" Have you ever had a relationship with someone who you understood, or who understood you, without having to say anything? Why is that important? 7. What would your advice have been if Ponyboy and Johnny came to you for help instead of Dally?

Literary Devices Questions 8. What types of conflict are used in these chapters? Explain

Chapter 5 ? 6

Reading Comprehension Questions 1. What is Ponyboy's issue with Johnny's suggestion that they disguise themselves? 2. Why does Johnny think Dally is a hero? Do you think he is a hero based on this? 3. What poem is referenced to in these chapters? Who wrote the poem? 4. Why are the Socs and Greasers going to have a rumble? 5. Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to turn himself in? Why does Johnny insist on confessing? 6. What happens at the church? 7. What does Ponyboy realize about Darry at the end of chapter 6?

Digging A Little Deeper Questions 8. How does Hinton use humor during the church fire? Why do you think she does this?

Literary Devices Questions 9. Find a quote from chapter three that foreshadows Ponyboy and Johnny's experience in the burning church.

Chapter 7 ? 8

Reading Comprehension Questions 1. What condition were Dally and Johnny in? 2. The doctor says that Johnny will be crippled if he survives. Why is this worse for Johnny than it would be for someone else?

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3. Why did Darry never lock the front door to the house and what does this say about the greasers? 4. How are Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally portrayed in the newspaper article? 5. Why did everyone go silent when Pony asked Soda if he would take Sandy to the party? 6. What was Bob's real problem, according to Randy? 7. Why doesn't Johnny want to see his mother? 8. What was it about Darry that made him different from the rest of the gang?

Digging A Little Deeper Questions 9. How does Ponyboy's perspective on Socs start to change after his conversation with Randy? Why does he start to see things differently? 10. What was the reason for Cherry not going to the hospital to see Johnny? Do you believe she was justified in her reasoning? Why or why not?

Literary Devices Questions 11. The following lines from these chapters use figurative language. Label which literary device is being used (see Literary Terms Reference Sheet). a. "The reporters fired one question right after another at me" (100). b. "I heard our Ford's vrrrrooooom and thought: Soda's driving" (113). c. "He's so greaser...he goes to the barber for an oil change, not a haircut" (114). d. "He was as pale as the pillow and looked awful" (120). e. "We knew better than to talk to Dally when his eyes were blazing" (125).

Chapter 9 ? 10

Reading Comprehension Questions 1. What are some of the reasons that the boys like to fight? Why is Darry hesitant about letting Pony fight? 2. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain why Ponyboy thinks this difference gives his group the advantage. 3. Who did Darry first take on in the rumble? Why is this person significant? 4. Why do Dally and Ponyboy go to the hospital after the fight? 5. Why was Johnny's death so difficult for Dally? 6. How did Dally make a difference according to Ponyboy? Digging A Little Deeper Questions 7. On the bottom of p.132, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, why is this questioning important to Ponyboy's character development? 8. What do you think Johnny's last words to Pony mean? Explain why this message is important to this novel.

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Literary Devices Questions 9. The climax of The Outsiders occurs during these chapters. Explain what happens during the climax and why this is considered the climax of the novel.

Chapter 11 ? 12

Reading Comprehension Questions 1. Why would Ponyboy rather have someone's hate than pity? 2. Why does Randy come to visit Pony? What does he discover through their conversation? 3. How do we know that Sandy did not love Soda as much as he loved her? 4. Explain how Darry and Ponyboy's actions affect Sodapop. 5. What does Ponyboy end up doing for his English assignment?

Digging A Little Deeper Questions 6. Discuss the changes in characterization of Ponyboy from the beginning of the novel compared to his reaction to the Socs approaching him in chapter 12. What do you think caused this change?

Literary Devices Questions 7. Discuss the importance of narrative point of view in The Outsiders.

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