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Bertsch Unit Test:The Outsiders Name: ______________
Block:________
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Part 1) Matching: Match the Greaser with his description
1. ______ Dallas a. wise-cracker
2. ______ Sodapop b. tough, cold, mean
3. ______ Darry c. frightened, abused
4. ______ Johnny d. serious, determined
5. ______ Two-Bit e. attractive, like a Greek god
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Part 2) True or False: Write true or false next to each statement below.
6. ______ Ponyboy finds it easier to talk to Darry than Sodapop.
7. ______ Cherry, Marcia, Bob, Randy, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Ponyboy go to
the same school.
8. ______ Greasers usually start most of the fights with the Socs.
9. ______ Darry turned down a college scholarship so the Curtis brothers would have
enough money to stay together.
10. ______ Ponyboy saw Johnny stab Bob.
11. ______ Ponyboy and Johnny hide out in a church for two weeks.
12. ______ Ponyboy and Johnny think their cigarettes probably started the church fire.
13. ______ Bob’s death makes Randy want to fight for revenge in the rumble.
14. ______ Dally cares about no one.
15. ______ At the court hearing, the judge realizes Ponyboy has been ill.
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Part 3) Short Answer: Answer the following questions completely.
1. Who is the author of the story?
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2. What is a Greaser?
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3. What is a Soc?
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5. Who are the protagonists?
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6. Name at least three Greasers?
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7. Name three Socs?
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8. Where did Johnny and Ponyboy meet Marcia and Cherry?
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9. Why does Johnny kill Bob?
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10. Who do the boys ask for help?
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11. Where do they go?
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12. Who does Johnny idolize more than any other Greaser?
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13. How long do Johnny and Ponyboy hide out?
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14. Describe what happened to their hideout.
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15. How doe the boys become heroes?
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16. What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read?
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17. When Ponyboy sees Darry crying at the hospital, what does he realize about how Darry
feels?
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18. What are the extent of Johnny’s, Dally’s, and Ponyboy’s injuries?
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19. How do Mr. and Mrs. Curtis die?
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20. What food item do Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry eat for breakfast?
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21. Who won the rumble?
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22. Where did Dally and Ponyboy go after the rumble?
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23. What happened to Johnny?
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24. What happened to Dally when he left the hospital?
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25. In his letter to Ponyboy, what advice does Johnny give?
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Part 4) VOCABULARY: Match the words below with the correct definition.
madras nonchalantly
roguishly gallantly
ornery elite
premonition smoldering
defiance aloofness
1. _______________________ cool, carefree, and casually unconcerned
2.________________________ a cotton cloth of fine texture, usually with a plaid, striped,
or checkered pattern
3.________________________ bold resistance to an opposing force or authority
4.________________________ stately; majestic; a man courteously attentive to women
5.________________________ a presentiment of the future; foreboding
6.________________________ of a stubborn and mean spirited nature
7.________________________ dishonest; unprincipled; playfully mischievous
8.________________________ distant, especially in one’s relations with other people
9.________________________ a small privileged group
10.________________________ to manifest repressed anger or hatred
VOCABULARY: Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
reluctantly eluded
contemptuously mourning
keeled hysterics
mimicking palomino
delinquents inhalation
11. Dally often_______________________police.
12. Ponyboy looked at Cherry________________________when she felt pity towards his family
life.
13. Two-Bit______________________offered to buy it.
14. Johnny________________________over after he was hit.
15. The doctors said that Ponyboy suffered from smoke_____________________.
16. The woman ran to the teacher in _________________because the children were in the
burning church.
17. The boys were _______________________the lady’s actions.
18. Sodapop was in love with a _____________________named Mickey Mouse.
19. Greasers were usually juvenile_______________________.
20. The members of Johnny’s gang were______________________his death differently.
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Part 5) Paragraph Answers (5 marks each)
(please answer these in complete sentences, 10 sentences max., on a separate piece of
paper & staple it to your test)
1. Explain why the Greasers & Socs fight.
2. Explain Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy.
