soda had this buckskin horse, only it wasnt his. it belonged to a guy who kept it at the stables where soda used to work. mickey mouse was sodas horse, though. the first day soda saw him he said, heres my horse,\ and i never doubted it. i was about ten then. sodapop is horsecrazy. i mean it. hes always hanging around stables and rodeos, hopping on a horse every time he gets a chance. when i was ten i thought that mickey mouse and soda looked alike and were alike. mickey mouse was a dark - gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt. hed come when soda called him. he wouldnt come for anyone else. that horse loved soda. hed stand there and chew on sodas sleeve or collar. gosh, but sodapop was crazy about that horse. he went down to see him every day. mickey mouse was a mean horse. he kicked other horses and was always getting into trouble. \ive got me a ornery pony,\ sodad tell him, rubbing his neck. \how come youre so mean, mickey mouse?\ mickey mouse would just chew on his sleeve and sometimes nip him. but not hard. he may have belonged to another guy, but he was sodas horse.
\does soda still have him?\ cherry asked.
\he got sold,\ i said. hey came and got him one day and took him off. he was a real valuable horse. pure quarter.\
she didnt say anything else and i was glad. i couldnt tell her that soda had bawled all night long after they came and got mickey mouse. i had cried, too, if you want to know the truth, because soda never really wanted anything except a horse, and hed lost his.
from s. e. hinton, the outsiders. copyright 1967 by s. e. hinton
what is the meaning of ornery as used in the passage?
valuable bad - tempered peculiar youthful

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soda had this buckskin horse, only it wasnt his. it belonged to a guy who kept it at the stables where soda used to work. mickey mouse was sodas horse, though. the first day soda saw him he said, 	heres my horse,\ and i never doubted it. i was about ten then. sodapop is horsecrazy. i mean it. hes always hanging around stables and rodeos, hopping on a horse every time he gets a chance. when i was ten i thought that mickey mouse and soda looked alike and were alike. mickey mouse was a dark - gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt. hed come when soda called him. he wouldnt come for anyone else. that horse loved soda. hed stand there and chew on sodas sleeve or collar. gosh, but sodapop was crazy about that horse. he went down to see him every day. mickey mouse was a mean horse. he kicked other horses and was always getting into trouble. \ive got me a ornery pony,\ sodad tell him, rubbing his neck. \how come youre so mean, mickey mouse?\ mickey mouse would just chew on his sleeve and sometimes nip him. but not hard. he may have belonged to another guy, but he was sodas horse.
\does soda still have him?\ cherry asked.
\he got sold,\ i said. 	hey came and got him one day and took him off. he was a real valuable horse. pure quarter.\
she didnt say anything else and i was glad. i couldnt tell her that soda had bawled all night long after they came and got mickey mouse. i had cried, too, if you want to know the truth, because soda never really wanted anything except a horse, and hed lost his.
from s. e. hinton, the outsiders. copyright 1967 by s. e. hinton
what is the meaning of ornery as used in the passage?
valuable  bad - tempered  peculiar  youthful

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine the meaning of "ornery", we analyze the context. The passage states "Mickey Mouse was a mean horse. He kicked other horses and was always getting into trouble." The word "ornery" is used to describe this horse. "Bad - tempered" fits as a mean horse would have a bad temper. "Valuable" refers to the horse's worth, not its temperament. "Peculiar" means strange, which doesn't match the description of being mean. "Youthful" refers to age, and the horse is described as a colt but the focus is on its behavior, not age.
# Answer:
bad - tempered

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