The Outsiders Chapter 6

Questions and Answers

1. THE OUTSIDERS CHAPTER SIX Questions & Answers December 2018 Miss Riddell

2. 1. VOCABULARY

3. Page 87 – jolt- (verb) to jar, shake or cause to move by a sudden rough thrust; shake up roughly

4. Page 92 – detached- (adjective) not attached; separated; disinterested; not involved

5. Page 92 – ember- (noun) a small live / burning piece of coal, wood;

6. Page 94 – inhalation- (noun) an act or instance or inhaling or breathing in

7. Page 95 – plasma- (noun) the liquid part of blood

8. 2 . Who stopped the greasers from jumping Cherry when she came by the vacant lot? c) Two-Bit

9. 3 . How did Dally know about the church? d) a relative told him about it

10. 4 . What is one of the reasons Dally gave Johnny to not turn himself in? c) He didn’t want Johnny to end up like him

11. 5 . What new information do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail? d) Dally cares about someone (Johnny).

12. 6 . When does Pony say was the first time he ever saw Johnny without that defeated look on his face? d) In the burning church

13. 7. Why did Ponyboy and Johnny try to save the children from the burning church? They felt the fire might be their fault.

14. 8. Why wouldn’t Dally go into the burning church for the children, but he did go in for Johnny? Dally didn’t care about the children (who were strangers) but he loved Johnny.

15. 9. Dally does two separate things that help save Ponyboy’s life. Explain them both. First, he knocks Ponyboy to the ground when he’s on fire and attempting to run back into the building. Second , he had given Ponyboy his jacket, which provided protection to Ponyboy when he was in the fire . Interestingly , Ponyboy has said that he dislikes and fears Dally, yet this young man is the reason he’s alive. There’s a love there, even if Ponyboy doesn’t recognize it.

16. 10. When Ponyboy and Johnny need a place to hide out, they go to an abandoned church. In this chapter, witnesses say the boys were “sent from heaven” to help the little children from the burning building, which Ponyboy described as “a red hell .”

17. Symbolically, what’s going on here with all of this religious imagery? Hinton is making the connection that the two boys are not what society expects . Johnny , by one definition, is a murderer, yet he’s also a hero. Dally is awful and, at first, doesn’t want to get involved in the rescue, yet he also followed and was burned as he helped pull children out of the window. Dally also saves Ponyboy , who was on fire and trying to run back into the building. Hinton seems to be saying that all of us have the potential to be angels, in spite of our life’s circumstances, the labels placed on us by society, or our past sins. It seems contradictory, but the boys are both sinners and saints. Religion offers redemption and forgiveness, something boys on both sides of the feud need.

18. 11. What makes Ponyboy realize that Darry really does love him? When Darry sees Ponyboy in the hospital, he starts to cry. Ponyboy has never seen Darry cry, not even at their parents’ funeral. Ponyboy realizes that Darry was hard on him because he feared losing someone else that he loves. Their hug is a turning point in their relationship. Things are going to be better now, Ponyboy believes.

19. 12. Similes & Metaphors

20. a) Dally grinned wolfishly. Metaphor

21. b ) The cinders and embers sting and smart like ants Simile

22. c) Pony sees a ribbon of highway Metaphor

23. d) The water was like liquid ice Simile

24. e) Explosions from the fire sound like gunfire Simile

25. f) Living with his haircut is like living in a Halloween costume Pony can’t get out of Simile

26. g ) Pony fears he’ll drown in the smoke Metaphor

27. h ) Dally’s word is law Metaphor

28. i ) The horizon was a thin golden line Metaphor

29. j) Being in a burning ember is like being in a red hell Simile

30. k ) As in waves, memories rushed over Pony Simile

31. l) The silent moment at dawn when everything holds its breath Metaphor