The Outsiders Chapter Questions

Use these questions to help you comprehend the text and track your thinking.
Who are the Socs? Who
are the greasers?
Explain using details
from the book.
Ch. 1
Why do you think the
author capitalized the
word Socs and not the
word greasers?

What happened to
Johnny that makes him
timid?

Explain who Cherry and

Ch. 2
Marcia are. Use
evidence from the text
to support your answer.

Why doesnt Ponyboy

like referring to
Sodapop as a dropout?

Explain what happens to

Ponyboy when he
comes home after his
Ch. 3 curfew.

Why does Johnny like it

better when his father is
hitting him? Use
evidence from the text
to support your answer

What does Cherry

explain as the difference
between the Socs and
the greasers? Use
evidence from the text
to support your answer.