Outsiders Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
Vocabulary:
1. He wasn’t unfriendly, just a little aloof.
2. The soldiers gallantly rode into battle to
defend their homes.
3. The small children were getting a bit ornery
and needed a time-out.
4. He looked at the criminal contemptuously. This
guy deserved any punishment he got.
5. Sometimes an author will foreshadow what will
happen next.
6. I was dumbfounded when we found the treasure.
I never thought we would.
7. He thinks he is part of an elite group of people
who are "better" that the rest of us.
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Practice Quiz.
Chapter 2 Questions:
True/False. The gangs we hear about today are like the gangs
Pony talks about on p26.
According to Pony -- greasers : gang :: Socs : _________
(3)"Sorry, kid...I forgot."(p27) a) Who's talking? b) What's
going on? c) Forgot what?
(2) a) Why would a guy like Johnny have a guy like Dally
as a hero? b) Which other character seems to admire Dally?
(slang) cooler : jail :: heater : _______
(slang) icebox : fridge :: broad : _______
(1 word quote.) What does Cherry say that spares Johnny's
feelings?
What does Johnny start doing after the beating? (Bonus: Use
a vocabulary word to say why S.E. Hinton made such a big deal out of this.)
(2) "Things are rough all over." (p33) a) Who's talking?
b) What does he/she mean?
(2) "I know better now." (p34) a) Who's talking? b) What
does he/she mean? (Know what?)
Conflicts:
Pony vs __________ and ____________
Johnny vs ___________
Soc vs ____________
Dally vs ____________
Chapter 3 Questions:
"We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget; some
of us watch the sunset too." (p42)
"I could fall in love with Dallas Winston." (p42)
"I think I like it better when the old man is hitting
me." (p47)
HUH?
Why can Cherry talk to Pony so easily and not to her
so-called friends? What does Pony mean when he says, "She didn't have to
keep her guard up with me?"
What does Pony mean when he says, "I was wrong?" (p 48)