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Outsiders
CP Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ponyboy is the narrator of this novel. | point of view |
| Dally's jacket protects Ponyboy from the fire | symbol |
| "It was almost four months ago. I had walked down to the DX station to get a bottle of pop..." | flashback |
| The papers called Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy "Juvenile Delinquents Turned Heroes." | irony |
| "Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body." | foreshadowing |
| "Taking into consideration the cirumstances..." | euphemism |
| "His comical grin was gone and his dancing eyes were stormy..." | personification |
| "Johnny just looked dead. Like a candle with the flame gone" | simile |
| "The rest of us waited with mounting tension. I was reminded of Jack London's books..." | allusion |
| "Dally handed me a shirt about sixty-million sizes too big." | hyperbole |
| With his puppy dog looks and needy personality, Johnny is the gang's pet. | extended metaphor |
| "I almost jumped out of my skin." | idiom |
| It's best to judge people as individuals and not by their social group. | theme |
| "I was sweating something fierce, although I was cold." | paradox |
| "He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face." | oxymoron |
| heater | gun |
| cooler | jail |
| rumble | fight |
| dig | understand |
| reformatory | jail |
| fuzz | police |
| a'woofin | kidding |
| How does Ponyboy resolve his internal conflict with Darry? | He realizes he is home. To stay. |
| How can you tell Johnny is a dynamic character? | He goes from wanting to die to wanting to live. |
| What is Randy's internal conflict? | He has to choose whether or not to participate in the final rumble. |
| An example of one of Ponyboy's external conflicts is... | his strained relationship with Darry which results in a physical fight |
| Dally's jacket symbolizes what to Ponyboy? | Dally's concern for Ponyboy and Johnny |
| The idiom "I almost jumped out of my skin" when Two Bit scared Johnny and Ponyboy at the movies characterizes... | the greasers because they are scared of being "jumped" by the Socs. |
| The motif of "unfairness" in Ponyboy's life is seen in the quote | "If I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don't say hi, well, it's not personal..." |
| How did Dally "die gallant" | He risked his life to save Johnny and Ponyboy and died on his own terms. |
| Cherry tells Ponyboy, "Things are rough all over." How does this reveal a major theme of the book? | It shows that everyone has problems and suffering is a part of being human. |
| Two themes of The Outsiders are: | "Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold..." and, "Things are rough all over." |
| Johnny's "allusion" to Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" has the effect of... | ...determining the theme by expressing Johnny's desire for Ponyboy to stay innocent. |
| The "countryside" is a symbol of what to Ponyboy? | A place for a peaceful and tranquil existance |
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