S.E. Hinton
Who is the author of The Outsiders?
S.E. Hinton
Who is our protagonist?
Ponyboy
Which brother does Ponyboy think is most handsome?
Sodapop
What famous character does Soda name his horse after?
Mickey Mouse
"It was like sitting on top of the world."
simile
How old was S. E. Hinton when she wrote The Outsiders?
17
Name Ponyboy's siblings?
Darry and Sodapop
Whom does Cherry say she could fall in love with?
Dally
Pony doesn't want Johnny to cut his hair because...
It's the greasers trademark and part of his identity.
Dally grinned wolfishly."
metaphor
She did not want to alienate her male readers if they found out a teenage girl wrote it.
Name the two rival gangs
Socs and Greasers
Why is Tim Shepard's gang looking for Dally?
Dally slashed their car tires
This is the message in Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
All good things must come to an end.
In Robert Frost's poem he says, " Nature's first green is gold. Her hardest hue to hold." What type of figurative language is used when Frost describes spring as "her"?
personification
What inspired Hinton to write The Outsiders?
Her observations and unfair treatment between social groups
Where are Ponyboy's parents?
They died
What dangerous thing does Johnny do in case he gets jumped again?
Carries a switchblade
This is the reason Darry is so strict with Ponyboy.
He fears losing him, like he lost their parents.
"Johnny worships the ground Dallas walks on."
Idiom
Is The Outsiders fiction or nonfiction?
Fiction
Cherry says Greasers are more __________ than Socs.
emotional
Why does Dally tell Johnny NOT to turn himself in.
He doesn't want Johnny to be hardened, like him. Jail can change people.
This is one of the reasons Johnny says he is going to turn himself in for killing Bob.
Cherry and Ponyboy will defend him and say self defense; he can't be on the run forever.
I looked at Johnny imploringly, Johnny sighed. "I'm gonna cut mine too, and wash the grease out, but I can't bleach it. I'm too dark skinned to look okay blond. " What does Ponyboys new gold hair symbolize?
His innocence and goodness.