The Outsiders Chapters 5,6&7

Test your knowledge of The Outsiders Chapters 5-7 with key questions and vocabulary.

Who came to visit the boys on their fifth day of hiding? What were Dally’s injuries from the fire? Why didn’t Johnny bleach his hair too? Why did Soda’s girlfriend, Sandy, suddenly move to Florida to live with her grandparents? Where did Dally drive the two runaway boys? Why did Johnny require Ponyboy to cut and bleach his hair? What was Johnny’s signal to let Ponyboy know it was he, his friend, approaching the church door? What had protected Ponyboy from severe back burns? What had probably caused the church to catch on fire? While at the Dairy Queen, what important decision did Johnny share with Dally and Ponyboy? How did Johnny let his sleeping friend, Ponyboy, know he’d gone into town for supplies? What had happened to the church while the three Greasers went to the Dairy Queen? List 4 items Johnny purchased at the store. Who came to see Ponyboy while he was being treated at the hospital? How did the two boys occupy their time while hiding out in the church? Why did Dally club Ponyboy on the back after Ponyboy leaped out a church window? Name the poet and the poem that Ponyboy recited to describe a Jay Mountain sunrise. What new role was Cherry Valance taking on back home? Where did Two-Bit and Ponyboy go after finishing their chores? Who looked after Ponyboy after his brothers went to work? Fill in the blanks, placing the correct word beside each definition. Reluctantly in a manner showing unwillingness or carefulnessComplicated elaborate or intricateimploringly In a begging mannerexploits daring acts or bold deedsbrawn Strong, well-developed muscles transplanted Removed from one place and resettled in anothersullenly In a bitter, angry mannertufts bunches, clusters or clumpsgroggy Dazed or stunnedperoxide a bleaching agentindignant feeling or expressing angerbleak not hopefuloutcast one that is cast out by societyheater slang word for a gundetached Disconnected or not interestedquality Degree of excellenceembers Live coals or cinderspalomino a golden or cream-coloured horse with a white tailreluctantly, outcast quality, emberscomplicated, imploringly bleak, heaterpalomino, exploits brawn, sullenlytransplanted, tufts detatched, groggyindignant, peroxide