CHARACTERS
This character says, “Stay gold, Ponyboy.”
Who is Johnny Cade?
Johnny becomes badly injured after this heroic act.
What is saving the children from the church fire?
Standing by people you care about is the theme of this.
What is loyalty?
“Things are rough all over.”
Who is Cherry Valance?
This symbol represents connection between Socs and greasers.
What are sunsets?
This character realizes that fighting solves nothing and refuses to join the rumble.
Who is Randy?
The greasers win this major fight in Chapter 9.
What is the rumble?
Johnny and Ponyboy trusting each other completely is an example of this theme.
What is friendship?
“We’re all we have left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything.”
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
This symbol represents innocence, hope, and goodness.
What is gold?
This character acts strict because he wants the best for Ponyboy.
Who is Darry?
After Johnny dies, Dally does this crime before running from police.
What is robbing a store?
Johnny’s message to “stay gold” connects to this idea.
What is innocence and goodness?
This quote explains Dally’s emotional breakdown:
“Johnny was the only thing Dally loved.”
What is Johnny’s death affected Dally deeply?
At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy and this character constantly argue.
Who is Darry?
This greaser cannot handle Johnny’s death and falls apart emotionally.
Who is Dally Winston?
Ponyboy begins writing this at the end of the novel.
What is The Outsiders?
Ponyboy learns this important lesson about Socs and greasers.
What is that people are more alike than different?
“Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”
What is the idea that Socs and greasers share common experiences?
This relationship changes the most by the end of the novel.
What is Ponyboy and Darry’s relationship?
This character helps Ponyboy understand that Socs have problems too.
Who is Cherry Valance?
Ponyboy struggles to accept this fact in Chapter 11.
What is the fact that Johnny killed Bob?
This theme is shown when Soda tries to keep Darry and Ponyboy together.
What is family loyalty?
This quote connects to the Robert Frost poem about innocence and beauty.
What is “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.”?
Johnny’s death completely changes this character.
Who is Dally Winston?