The Outsiders Chapters 3 & 4

Getting It Straight, pp37 – 45

Two-Bit offers to drive the girls home, but Pony thinks they were ______.

It seemed funny to Pony that Socs were ______.

Usually Pony is quiet but he could talk to ______. He even told her about ______, Soda’s horse.

Maybe the two worlds the Socs and the Greasers live in isn’t so different; they saw the ______.

A Blue ______pulls up. Cherry says it’s ______and ______.

Pony cries that it isn’t fair that the Greasers have ______.

The Socs come by again and get out of the car. Johnny notices one is wearing ______.

Cherry makes her boyfriend choose between ______.

There’s almost a fight, but Cherry decides they’d better ______.

Delving In, pp37 – 45

What does Cherry think is the major difference between the Socs and the Greasers? What does she think is the same? See page 38.

Write at least 8 sentences.

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Getting It Straight, pp46 – 52

Cherry surprises Pony by saying she could fall ______.

It wasn’t fair ______.

______and ______fell asleep in the park. When Pony tries to sneak into his house ______starts yelling at him. Soda tries to stand up for Pony, but Darry ______.

Pony finds Johnny outside and suggests that they ______.

Ponyboy can’t understand why Johnny is upset because the whole gang has his back, but Johnny explains it isn’t the same as ______.

Delving In, pp46 – 52

Have you ever thought about running away? Do you think it would be a good idea for Ponyboy to run away with Johnny?

Write at least 8 sentences.

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The Outsiders Chapters 3 & 4

Getting It Straight, pp53 – 62

A sudden ______makes Johnny and Pony jump. The ______was circling the park.

______Socs came straight at them. It was ______and ______and three other Socs.

They try to drown ______, but Johnny stops them. He thinks he ______one of them. Johnny says they need ______, ______and ______. They go to find ______.

Darry gives them a ______. He tells them to go to ______. There’s an old, abandoned ______there to hide out in.

Delving In, pp53 – 62

Do you think Pony and Johnny should have turned themselves in? What do you think will happen to them now?

Write at least 8 sentences.

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Getting It Straight, pp62 – 67

Johnny and Pony spent the night in a ______.

In the morning they ______off the train into a meadow.

They decide they don’t look much like ______.

The hideout was a ______, real old and creepy, it gave Pony the ______.

The first thing they did when they got there was go to ______.

Delving In, pp62 – 67

A symbol is something that stands for something else, the way a dove stands for peace or the bobcat stands for ESJE. What do you think that the church is a symbol for? Why do you think S.E. Hinton has the boys hideout in a church and not some other kind of abandoned building?

Write at least 8 sentences.

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