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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