Reading Schedule
All readings and chapter questions should be completed before class time of the day listed.
10A
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10B
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Reading Questions
Chapter 1Due Date: 12/10 (10A) 12/9 (10B)
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Chapter 2Due Date: 12/10 (10A) 12/9 (10B)
1. Why is Johnny Cade so nervous and scared all the time? 2. Do the greasers like being called greasers? 3. What is the difference between a fair fight and a rough fight? How do the greasers fight? The Socs? 4. Why does Ponyboy feel the greasers have it so much worse than the Socs? 5. How are Cherry and Marcia different from the girls the greasers normally hang out with? 6. What does Cherry mean when she tells Ponyboy “things are rough all over”? Save the document as OutsidersCh2YOURNAME.doc |
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Chapter 3Due Date: 12/13 (10A) 12/12 (10B)
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Chapter 4Due Date: 12/17 (10A) 12/16 (10B)
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Chapter 5Due Date: 12/17 (10A) 12/16 (10B)
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Chapter 6Due Date: 12/20 (10B) 12/19 (10A)
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Chapter 7Due Date: 12/23
1. What condition is Johnny in after the fire? How does Dally react to his injury? 2. At the hospital, Darry tells the doctor that he, Ponyboy and Soda are “about as much family as Dally and Johnny had.” What does he mean? 3. Ponyboy comments that “greasers don’t cry in front of strangers.” Why? 4. After returning home, Ponyboy discovers what in the newspaper? 5. What other problem do the Curtis boys face now that Ponyboy has returned? 6. What does Randy mean when he tells Ponyboy that the greasers can’t win the fight with the Socs? Save the document as OutsidersCh7YOURNAME.doc |
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Chapter 8Due Date: 12/26
1. What is the extent of Johnny’s injuries after the fire? 2. Ponyboy says, "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason". What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason? 3. Why does Dally want to fight in the rumble? 4. What does living on the streets teach you, according to Ponyboy? 5. Two-Bit tells Ponyboy that “the only thing that keeps Darry from bein’ a Soc is us”. What does he mean? 6. How is Darry different from the other greasers? 7. What message does she bring to Ponyboy about the rumble? Save the document as OutsidersCh8YOURNAME.doc |
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Chapter 9Due Date: 12/29
1. Why do the greasers fix themselves up and put extra grease on their hair before the rumble? 2. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain how Pony feels this difference might give his group an advantage 3. What are the rules of the rumble? (pp. 140-142). 4. Why does Darry hate Paul Holden so much? 5. What do you think Johnny's last words to Pony mean? What does he want for Pony? Save the document as OutsidersCh9YOURNAME.doc |
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Chapter 10Due Date: 12/31
1. Why does Ponyboy have such a hard time accepting what happens to Johnny? 2. Why is what happened to Johnny so difficult for Dally to handle? 3. What happened to Dally? Why do you think he wanted this fate? Save the document as OutsidersCh10YOURNAME.doc |
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Chapter 11Due Date: 1/1
1. Ponyboy is delirious for several days and has to do what? 2. Who visits Ponyboy while he is in recovery? 3. Why does Ponyboy tell Randy that he is the one who killed Bob, not Johnny? 4. Why is Johnny so important to Ponyboy? Save the document as OutsidersCh11YOURNAME.doc |
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Chapter 12Due Date: 1/4
1. What happens when Ponyboy goes to court? 2. Why doesn't Ponyboy feel scared when the socs approach him and he threatens them with a broken bottle? How is this a dramatic change from the Ponyboy we have seen up until this point? 3. How is Ponyboy not like the rest of the greasers? 4. What do we learn was so special about Johnny? 5. What does Johnny’s letter say? Save the document as OutsidersCh12YOURNAME.doc |
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