Theatre HW 11.27

Student Name: ___________________                   Date: ____________________

Parents Signature: _______________________

Homework

Read the following except from “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton

Level 1: “I looked our outfits over. Most greasers don't have real tuff builds or anything. They're mostly lean and kind of panther-looking in a slouchy way”.

Level 1: What does Ponyboy “look over”?

a). Slouchy way the Greasers stood.

b). The Greasers outfits.

c). Ponyboy did not look over anything.

Level 2: “I looked our outfits over. Most greasers don't have real tuff builds or anything. They're mostly lean and kind of panther-looking in a slouchy way. This is partly because they don't eat much and partly because they're slouchy. Darry looked like he could whip anyone there. I think most of the guys were nervous because of the 'no weapons' rule.”

Level 2:  What “rule” were most of the guys worried about?

The rule is  _________________________________________________________________________.

Level 3: “I looked our outfits over. Most greasers don't have real tuff builds or anything. They're mostly lean and kind of panther-looking in a slouchy way. This is partly because they don't eat much and partly because they're slouchy. Darry looked like he could whip anyone there. I think most of the guys were nervous because of the 'no weapons' rule. I didn't know about the Brumly boys, but I knew Shepard's gang were used to fighting with anything they could get their hands on--- bicycle chains, blades, pop bottles, pieces of pipe, pool sticks, or sometimes even heaters. I mean guns. I have a kind of lousy vocabulary, too, even if I am educated. Our gang never went in for weapons. We're just not that rough. The only weapons we ever used were knives, and shoot, we carried them mostly just for looks. Like Two-Bit with his black-handled switch. None of us had ever really hurt anybody, or wanted to. Just Johnny. And he hadn't wanted to.”

Level 3: Why were the Greasers nervous about the rumble?