Section 1 The Outsiders (Vocabulary Chapter 1)

Choose the correct answer from below for the following questions. Each answer will be used only once.
1. without conscious thought or planning
2. looking at carefully, usually for flaws or defects
3. to have gone or placed all around
4. to suffer or die from lack of oxygen
5. to have said quietly, but clearly, above a whisper

* Required

1. Inspecting means to be *

2. Automatically means *

3. Muttered means *

4. Surrounded means *

5. Suffocate means *

Section 2

Choose the correct answer for the meaning of the CAPITALIZED word as used in that sentence.

6. "I was SMARTING and aching and my chest was sore". *

being intelligent
being rude (mouthing off)
hurting
none of the above

7. "Sodapop came LOPING back. By then I had figured that all the noise I had heard was the gang coming to rescue me". *

jogging
hurrying
racing/running
walking

8. Pony Boy "drew a QUIVERING breath and quit crying." *

deep
shaky, uneven
quick
loud

9. Two Bit "was famous for shoplifting and his black-handled switchblade (which he couldn't have ACQUIRED without his first talent". *

stolen
been given
found
gotten

10. You "can't win against (the Socs.) . . . because they've got all the breaks. . . . . Maybe that was why Dally was so BITTER." *

bad tasting
resentful, angry
furious
violent

Section 3

Choose the appropriate meaning for the CAPITALIZED phrases.

11. Soda "NEVER CRACKS A BOOK". *

tears a book
opens or reads a book

12. "When you grow up IN A TIGHT KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD like ours you get to know each other real well." *

closely connected, supportive
tightly fitted knit with very small spaces

13. Soda "GETS DRUNK ON JUST PLAIN LIVING." *

enjoys/loves life enthusiastically
gets drunk easily

14. Steve "KNEW CARS UPSIDE-DOWN AND BACKWARD". *

he can tell the make & model of car from any direction
he knows a lot about cars

15. Dallas "had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos . . . ROLLED DRUNKS . . . he did everything." *

he rolled drunks at the rodeo
he beat up or robbed drunks

Section 4

Tell whether each of the following is a simile or a metaphor. Explain the meaning of the phrase or sentence.

16. Pony Boy was "bleedin' like a stuck pig." *

17. Pony Boy "was shaking like a leaf." *

18. "Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies". *

19. The Soc. girls "looked at us like we were dirt". *

20. "Life was one big joke to Two Bit." *