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Potpourri
100
This is the type of conflict Dally & Johnny's words cause for Ponyboy.
What is character vs. self or internal conflict?
100
This character announced at the Dairy Queen that he was going to go back and turn himself in to the police.
Who is Johnny?
100
The church fire is an example of this type of conflict.
What is character vs. nature?
100

This is the protagonist in The Outsiders. 

Who is Ponyboy?

100
The whole novel was an example of this literary term. Bonus - Quote the last line & first line of the novel.
What is flashback? "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind - Paul Newman and a ride home."
200
This is what Dally advised Pony to do in the car on the way to the hospital, and this is one way Pony followed Dally's advice.
What is "get tough...and you don't get hurt" and what is Pony breaking a bottle and threatening Socs?
200
This character gets a concussion from being kicked in the head at the rumble.
Who is Ponyboy?
200
The drama and issues between the greasers and the Socs is an example of this type of conflict.
What is society vs. society conflict?
200
This character is the antagonist in the story.
Who is Bob?
200
This is what Pony figures out Cherry's statement, "Things are rough all over" means.
What is everyone has problems even if they have money?
300
This is the name of two lines of poetry that rhyme with each other where the second line completes the thought of the first.
What is a rhyming couplet?
300
This character just wanted his parents to tell him no, but they always blamed themselves for his actions.
Who is Bob?
300

Johnny feels guilty after killing Bob, which represents this type of conflict. (You must include both names for this type of conflict).

What is character vs. self or internal conflict?

300

This is the rhyme scheme of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.  

Nature's first green is gold, 

Her hardest hue to hold. 

Her early leaf's a flower; 

But only so an hour. 

Then leaf subsides to leaf. 

So Eden sank to grief, 

So dawn goes down to day. 

Nothing gold can stay. 

What is AABBCCDD?

300
This is the only thing the judge could take away from a greaser when they went to jail.
What is their hair?
400
This is what Johnny meant by "Stay gold."
What is stay innocent and keep enjoying sunsets and not let the world turn him hard?
400

Ponyboy feels comfortable discussing things like clouds, sunsets, and poetry with these three characters.

Who are Johnny, Soda, & Cherry Valance?

400
Dally's final confrontation with the police is an example of this type of conflict.
What is character vs. society conflict?
400
These are Johnny's last words to Ponyboy and this is the title and author of the poem from which they come.
What is "stay gold" and what "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost?
400
This is why Johnny ran into the burning church.
What is to save the children from burning?
500
This is the theme or message Robert Frost is trying to convey with his poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
What is perfection, goodness & innocence cannot last forever?
500
These are six symbols from The Outsiders - three that represent greasers and three that represent Socs.
What are greasy hair, jeans, t-shirts, leather jackets, switchblades, heaters, cigarettes and Elvis represent greasers while fancy cars (Mustangs, Corvettes & Corvairs), rings, madras, wealth, and the Beatles represent Socs?
500
Name the five types of conflict we studied as part of The Outsiders.
Whar are character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. society, society vs. society, and character vs. self.
500
These are three things Pony does prior to the rumble to get himself ready.
What is Pony takes five aspirins, asks each greaser why he likes to fight, and does a no-hands cartwheels (acrobatics)?
500

This is the newspaper headline Two-Bit & Steve show Pony his first morning home, and this is the word Two-Bit & Steve don't agree with.

 Bonus:  For an extra 500 points, explain why they don't agree with the word.

What is "Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes" and what is the word turn?  

Bonus:  What is they don't agree with the word turn because they don't think Johnny and Pony were juvenile delinquents in the first place.

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