Tuesday, 9/17/02 -- Preview: "Verb! That's what's happening!"
Warm Up. Copy. *All answers will be from this week's spelling list.
  1. earth : geography :: dance : *____________
  2. phonograph : cd player :: telegraph : *________
  3. attack : defense :: symphony : *__________
  4. author : reader :: musician : *__________
  5. photographs : graphics :: autograph : *__________
  6. "earth writing" = *____________
  7. "self write" = *____________
Correct Test #1
The Outsiders Read Chapter 3, p35-42 ("...the blue Mustang vroomed off.")
Answer questions in notebook.  In your notebook, write out the answer that best completes each statement. If it says Quote, the answer must be a quote from the book.
  1. Cherry's explanation for the difference between Socs and greasers is...a) Socs have more money. b) they like different things. c) Socs are more emotional. d) Socs are too aloof to feel.
  2. Cherry finds herself able to talk to Pony better than her "friends" because...a) he's a good listener. b) she doesn't have to keep up her image with him. c) she knows he cares. d) he's smart.
  3. Pony's reaction when Soda's horse, Mickey Mouse, was sold was to ...a) cry all night. b) try to save enough to buy him back. c) laugh. d) understand why it happened.
  4. What daily event makes Pony think that maybe his and Cherry's worlds "weren't so different"? a) Sunrise. b) Sunset. c) Taking out the garbage. d) Going to sleep at night.
  5. When Pony describes Darry to Cherry, he compares Darry to...a) a rock. b) an ice cube. c) a piece of wood. d) a pain in the neck.
  6. Why does Two-Bit slap Pony?
  7. (Quote) What earlier quote from Cherry occurs to Pony when he thinks about how unfair life is for the greasers?
  8. Why does Johnny get especially nervous when he sees that the girls' boyfriends are in a blue Mustang?
  9. (Quote) What joke does Two-Bit make at the expense of the Socs?
  10. (Quote) Why does Cherry leave with Bob and the other Socs?
  11. (3) (Who? What? Why?) "We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget; some of us watch the sunset too." (p42)