1. * do : operation :: together : __________
2. * discreet : savvy :: legitimate : ___________
3. * Two-Bit : diligent :: Dally : _________ (2)
4. * dishes : cupboard :: paintings : _________
5. * test : evaluation :: arm : __________
6. (2) I'm hungry Billy said let's eat now Keep your shirt on said his mom you're being rude.
7. (3) Who said I have not yet begun to fight?

Correct Vocabulary Homework
Vocabulary Pretest VII
(Some words might be used more than once. Some might not be used at all.)
audacious, diligent, prolific, bona fide, incognito, delirious, subtle, deduce, diffident, taboo

1. His use of a fake beard and mustache was a pathetic attempt to be __________.
2. He is a rather _____ liar; he tells so many lies, you can never tell which of his stories is true.
3. His joke was very __________; it took me a while to get it.
4. There was only a ___ difference between the two $100 bills...
5. ...so the bank clerk had to examine them very carefully to tell which was the _____ one.
6. He practiced the skate trick _________(ly) until he got it right.
7. In some cultures and religions, certain foods and activities are __________.
8. Tom is a very bold, __________ boy, who is scared of very little.
9. "Now, now, don't be ___________; speak up!"
10. obvious : subtle :: bogus : ___________
11. On the show CSI, the crime scene investigators used science to ______ whom the killer was.
12. Johnny and Pony __________(ly) ran into the burning church to save the kids.

The Outsiders
Chapter 7.

1. Why do the Curtises leave their front door unlocked?
2. (2) What nicknames do they use for Darry?
3. ("quote") Why was Darry so upset when Steve referred to him as "all brawn and no brain"?
4. (2) What legal trouble does Johnny face for the "Bob" incident?
5. What legal trouble does Pony face for the "Bob" incident?
6. (2) ("quote") What reason does Ponyboy give Randy for going into the church to save the kids? (Two answers/one quote.)
7. ("quote") What did Bob want from his parents that he never got?
8. How is Bob like Johnny? a) Johnny is dying and Bob is dead.  b) They hated each other. c) They both needed their parents to pay attention to them.  d) They both were good at fighting.
9. "Greaser didn't have anything to do with it...It's the individual." (p102) Pony means...a) most Socs wouldn't have gone in to save the kids. b) most greasers wouldn't have gone in to save the kids.  c) you can't tell everything about a person by the group he's a part of. d) All of the above.
10. *Bonus (extra credit) Why did Sandy leave? (p111)

1. What word (that turns up often) comes up again when Pony compares his mother to Johnny's?
2. ("quote") What makes Pony, for the first time, think of Dally as his buddy? (Use a quote from Dally.)
3. On p111, we get an example of irony from Two-Bit. What is it?
4. On p111, we also get an example of what seems to be foreshadowing. What is it?
5. ("quote") Use a quote from Cherry to show how Dally is like Bob.
6. Why does Pony suddenly bring up the sunset when he is talking to Cherry? (p 114) What is he trying to say? a) "I understand your problems now." b) He's trying to change the subject, because Johnny's condition is too sad to talk about. c) "Can I come over to your house to watch the sunset?"  d) He's trying to make her feel guilty.
7. Bonus (extra credit): Pony goes off on Cherry (p113) because he thinks that she is _______(ing) him by helping the greasers before the rumble. (Use a previous vocabulary word.)