Key Themes
Talk the Talk
Minor Characters
Places in the Novel
About the Author
100
Cherry says this to Ponyboy to show him that Socs are not so different and have problems, too.
What is "things are rough all over"?
100
Spell the word that means "cool" or "sharp," like a Mustang.
What is tuff?
100
She's the friend with Cherry at the movie theater.
Who is Marcia?
100
This is the landform in Windrixville where Ponyboy and Johnny will find the abandoned church.
What is Jay Mountain?
100
S.E. Hinton grew up in this same city and state as her characters in The Outsiders.
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
200
When Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally help rescue the kids in the burning church, the novel begins to explore what it means to be this.
What is a hero?
200
This is the word the greasers use to refer to the police.
Who are the fuzz?
200
"He was a tall lanky cowboy with blond hair and buckteeth ... [and] he dug Hank Williams--- how gross can you get?"
Who is Buck Merrill?
200
Ponyboy "steps out into" this "from the darkness of the movie house."
What is "the bright sunlight"?
200
This is S.E. Hinton's first name.
What is Susan?
300
One thing all of the families in the novel have in common is that they lack these members who are strong and good role models for their kids.
What are parents?
300
If you tell one of the guys in your gang that you're "carrying a heater," it means you have this item with you.
What is a gun?
300
This is the teacher who rides in the ambulance with Ponyboy.
Who is Jerry?
300
Cherry tells Ponyboy that if she sees him again at this place she will ignore him, but he shouldn't take it personally.
What is school?
300
S.E. Hinton has the training to do this, but she has never actually does this as a profession.
What is teach?
400
Gone with the Wind is mentioned in The Outsiders because Johnny admires this trait in the Civil War soldiers, and we also see this trait in Dally.
What is gallant?
400
Two-Bit tells the Socs, "No jazz before the rumble." He is telling the Socs not to do this.
What is no fighting?
400
This is Tim Shepard's little brother who didn't make it to the rumble because he was in the cooler.
Who is Curly?
400
Dally asks Cherry out for a Coke at this place, but of course she refuses the offer.
What is the Dingo?
400
While The Outsiders was being filmed as a movie, S.E. Hinton had an opportunity to try this as a profession.
What is acting?
500
Although the novel talks about equality between the rich and the poor, there is no mention of equality for this group of people who were fighting for their civil rights in the United States at the time the novel was written and published.
Who are African Americans?
500
This is what you mean if you call someone's favorite musician "corn-poney."
What is uncool?
500
She works in a bar to help support her kids.
Who is Two-Bit's mother?
500
Two-Bit and Ponyboy run into Randy and his friends at this place.
What is the Tasty Freeze?
500
S.E. says that it is easy for her to write from the perspective of strong male characters because she describes herself as this as a little girl.
What is a tomboy?
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