Outsiders, Chapter 12

1. Why is Two-Bit relieved when he sees Pony picking up the broken glass? (p172) 
   
   
   
2. What does Soda mean when he says, "If you don't have anything, you end up like Dallas...and I don't mean dead either. I mean like he was before. And that's worse than dead." (p176) a) Dally sort of deserved to die.  b) Dally didn't see any value to life.  c) Dally knew he was going to die young.  d) Dally wanted to die all along.  e) All of the above.   f) NOTA
   
3. Reread the middle paragraph on p179. It's the one that begins, "Tell Dally." What is Pony's purpose in writing this all down?  a) To pass English.   b) To show everyone how gallant Johnny and Dally were. c) To try to show that you shouldn't judge people by how they look. d) To show that greasers like sunsets too. e) To entertain.  f) NOTA
   
4. Who said? "Ponyboy...you're not like the rest of us and don't try to be."  a) Dally.  b) Steve.  c) Darry.  d) Soda.  e) Two-Bit  f) NOTA
   
5. Who? "A handsome, dark boy with a reckless grin and a hot temper." a) Steve.  b) Dally.  c) Johnny.  d) Bob.  e) Pony.   f) NOTA
   There are several major conflicts that drive our novel along. How is each resolved?
6. Pony vs. Darry. This conflict is resolved when ... a) Pony runs away.  b) Pony appears before the judge.  c) Pony sees Darry crying at the hospital.  d) Darry hits Pony.  e) Johnny dies.
7. Pony vs. ________. This conflict is resolved when Pony, right before the rumble (p121)  says, "I wasn't going to live in a lousy neighborhood all my life."  a) Darry  b) Dally  c) Two-Bit  d) Steve  e) Pony   f) NOTA
   
8. Dally vs. the world. This conflict is resolved when ...  a) Johnny dies.  b) Dally dies.  c) The greasers win the rumble.  d) Dally helps Pony and Johnny.  e) Dally busts out of the hospital to help with the rumble.  f) When Pony writes it all down.
   
9. Soc vs. greaser. This conflict is "resolved" when... a) Johnny dies.  b) Dally dies.  c) the Socs appear in court.  d) the greasers win the rumble.  e) Johnny stabs Bob.  f) When Pony makes the Socs back off using the busted bottle.
   
10. Johnny vs. his parents. This conflict is resolved when...  a) Johnny dies.  b) Dally dies.  c) Johnny saves the kids from the fire.  d) Johnny tells the nurse he doesn't want to see his mother in the hospital.  e) Dally says he's proud of Johnny.