The Outsiders The Outsiders Chapter 3 Questions
1. In what way did Ponyboy realize that the Greasers and Socs were the same?


2. What do Cherry and Pony agree is the main difference between Socs and Greasers?

3. What made Ponyboy think that he and Cherry didn’t live in such different worlds?

4. What do you think Ponyboy means when he says this about Darry?
“He’s hard as a rock and about as human.”

5. What do you think Ponyboy means when he says this about Darry?
“He’s got eyes exactly like frozen ice.’

6. What does Ponyboy mean when he tells Johnny to shut his trap?
“And you can shut your trap Johnny cade, ‘cause we all know you ain’t wanted at home, either.

7. What do you think Ponyboy means by “It ain’t fair that we have all the rough breaks!”

8. Why does Cherry tell Ponyboy “…if I see you in the hallway at school … and don’t say hi, well it’s nothing personal, but…”?

9. Draw and inference about why Darry acts differently now than when his parents were still alive.

10. What caused Ponyboy to want to run away with Johnny & head to the park late at night?

14. How does the author at the end of the chapter foreshadow (make a hint at what is going to happen) that bad things are going to happen?

15. Find 2 pieces of relevant evidence in the text to support ONE of the following inferences about Cherry:
Cherry feels pressured to act the way a Soc should.
Or
Although Cherry likes Johnny and Ponyboy, she does not want to be associated with Greasers.

16. Interpret the quote from Ponyboy ,“It seemed funny to me that the sunset that she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” Pg 49. In your own words explain what Ponyboy means.