Are you an insider or an Outsider?

S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders deals with social groups and the struggles of growing up in the 1960s. This quiz was written as a pre-reading activity.

Are you an Insider or an Outsider? Take this quiz and travel back to the 1960s. You're a teenager in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Where do you fit in? Find out now.

Created by: Norene Paulson

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  1. Do you wear a madras (plaid) shirt or a leather jacket?
  2. Do you drive a Mustang or a T-Bird (Thunderbird)?
  3. Would you rather watch a rodeo or ride in a rodeo?
  4. Do you usually eat a ham sandwich or a bologna sandwich?
  5. Would you be more likely to "hop" a train or drive a car to get to a neighboring town?
  6. What is more important to you...family or friends?
  7. Do you live on the East Side or the West Side?
  8. Do you like country singer Hank Williams or the English rock band, the Beatles?
  9. Did you drop out of school and work or do you attend high school?
  10. Would you rather read Gone with the Wind, a Civil War novel, or The Carpetbaggers, a novel about power, money, and Hollywood?
  11. Would you rather watch Perry Mason, a detective TV show or Mickey Mouse, a Disney cartoon?
  12. Do you believe life is mostly good or mostly tough?

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