Characters
This character is the narrator of our story, the youngest greaser in the gang, and often is told that he’s smart, but he doesn’t use his head.
Ponyboy Curtis
Ruefully
showing sorrow or pity; regretful
What happened to Ponyboy as he was walking home alone from the movies one night?
He got jumped by a group of Socs.
When Johnny suggests cutting and dying Pony’s hair as a disguise, Pony gets upset. Why is this?
He was proud of his “greasy” and tuff look.
Whose arrival at the rumble caused a distraction in which started the fight?
Dally (Dallas) Winston
Name the Greaser who had to grow up too soon, works two jobs, and has muscles.
Darry (Darrell) Curtis
Feeling or showing disbelief
Incredulous
When Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny returned from Dairy Queen, what did they find at the church?
The church was on fire.
Cherry tells Ponyboy she wouldn’t go see Johnny in the hospital. What is her reason for this?
She can’t because of what he did. He killed Bob and she could never face the person who killed her boyfriend.
Why were the Curtis brothers living on their own?
Their parents died in a car wreck.
Darry is now Sodapop's and Ponyboy's legal guardian.
This character is the toughest person in town, has been in jail before, and used to live in NY. He is both frightening and admirable to those around him.
Dally (Dallas) Winston
Unfathomable
Not able to be understood
1. What happened to Dallas as he was running to the vacant lot? This happened later in the book.
2. Why did this happen?
1. He was shot and killed by the police.
2. He wanted to die because he felt he had nothing to live for anymore and the one person he truly cared about (Johnny) had died.
Why does Randy, the Soc, decide he isn’t going to fight in the rumble?
He’s tired of fighting; it does no good.
He does not hold Bob’s death against Ponyboy.
Why did Ponyboy and Darry not get along?
Darry was strict and tough on Ponyboy because he wants him to have a better life than himself and Sodapop will have.
Name the Soc who told Ponyboy he was not going to fight in the rumble.
Randy Adderson
In a manner that shows hatred or disrespect
Contemptuously
What 4 things did Dally give Ponyboy and Johnny after Johnny killed Bob?
1. shirt/jacket
2. gun
3. money $50
4. plans for where to go
According to Pony and Cherry, what is the real reason that the greasers and Socs are separate?
Emotions: the greasers feel too much and the Socs feel nothing at all because it's not cool to feel anything
Johnny wrote a letter to Ponyboy before he died. Name 2 specific things he tells Ponyboy?
You’re gold when you’re a kid.
It was worth it to save the kids.
Some of the parents visited him.
He didn’t mind dying.
Tell Dally to watch a sunset.
There’s still lots of good in the world.
This character is movie-star handsome, with dark-gold hair and dark brown eyes; "gets drunk on just plain living."
Sodapop Curtis
aghast
Filled with sudden fright or shock
What did Ponyboy mean when he told Cherry that they both watch the same sunset?
That they really aren't that different.
What did Ponyboy decide was the real reason that Dally couldn’t stand Johnny’s death?
Johnny was the only thing that Dally ever loved or cared about.
Why does Ponyboy write the novel, "The Outsiders"? (There's multiple reasons)
1. He wants to change the social system and how people are perceived.
2. To help the Socs better understand the Greasers.
3. To help Greasers see that there's still good in the world.