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Bertsch Unit Test:The Outsiders Name: ______________

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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,

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

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.