Questions on The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton (Part 4)

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1.    When Two-Bit and Ponyboy go to see Johnny and Dally in the hospital, who shows up to visit? (Hint: Johnny refuses to see this person) 

2.    Dally says that Tim Shepard, the leader of another gang of greasers, came in to talk about the rumble (fight). What does dally asks for, which Two-Bit gladly hands over?

3.    According to Cherry, the Socs have agreed to fight without ___________.

4.    After refusing to go see Johnny, what does Cherry say about Bob?

5.    Ponyboy asks Cherry if she can see the _________ on the West Side, and when she says she can, he tells her to remember that he can see it on the East Side too. 

6.    How does Ponyboy feel before the rumble?

7.    Who wins the fight?

8.    After the fight, Dally and Ponyboy go to the hospital to see Johnny who’s dying. What does Johnny tell Ponyboy before he dies? 

9.    Ponyboy finds the greasers gathered in the living room. He tells them that Johnny is dead and that Dally has broken down. Dally calls then. What does he say on the phone?

10. The gang rushes out and sees police officers chasing Dally. Dally pulls out the unloaded gun. How does the police respond to this?

11. Ponyboy passes out and is delirious in bed for three days. After he wakes up, where does he find a picture of Bob the Soc?

12. When Randy visits Ponyboy, how does he behave? (Or what do they talk about?)

13. At the hearing, the judge asks Ponyboy a few questions about his home life and then acquits him of all wrongdoing. Ponyboy returns home with his brothers. How does he change after this? 

14. What does Ponyboy’s English teacher, Mr. Syme, suggest to raise his grade to a C? 

15. When Ponyboy goes to the grocery store with Steve and Two-Bit, a group of Socs confronts him. How does he respond? 

16. Alarmed by [the answer to #17], Steven and Two-Bit warn Ponyboy not to grow hard like Dally was. But they are relieved by Ponyboy’s behavior afterwards. What did Ponyboy do?


17. As Ponyboy and Darry fight about Ponyboy’s grades, Sodapop runs out of the house, upset that Sandy has returned a ________ unopened. 

18. When Darry and Ponyboy go find Sodapop, what does he tell them? 

19. What does Ponyboy find in Johnny’s copy of Gone with the Wind and what does it say?



20. Why does Ponyboy want to tell the story of his friends for his English theme? 

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