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Narrator of the novel who often "doesn't use his head."

Ponyboy Curtis

100

Is abused by his parents and stabbed a Soc.

Johnny Cade

100

"He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale-green ice."  What literary term is this an example of?

Simile

100

"Stay gold, Ponyboy."

Johnny Cade

100

The setting (city, state, and decade) for The Outsiders

Tulsa, OK in the 1960's

200

The toughest Greaser who spent time in jail at age 10.

Dally

200

Leader of the Soc's who wears big, heavy rings and is drunk a lot.

Bob Sheldon

200

He is the protagonist of the novel.

Ponyboy

200

“’You don’t know what a few months in jail can do to you.  Oh, blast it, Johnny’ – he pushed his white-blond hair back out of his eyes – ‘you get hardened in jail.  I don’t want that to happen to you.  Like it happened to me…”  

Dally (Dallas) Winston

200

Climax of The Outsiders

Johnny dies.

300

His first name is Keith and he carries a black-handled switchblade.

Two-bit Mattews

300

Is a spy for the Greasers, a cheerleader, and a Soc.

Cherry Valance

300

The novel is told from this point of view.

First Person

300

“I caught one quick look at his face; it was red-marked from falling embers and sweat-streaked, but he grinned at me.  He wasn’t scared either.  That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes.  He looked like he was having the time of his life.”

Ponyboy

300

After Johnny killed Bob, he and Ponyboy went here to hide.

Windrixville, Jay Mountain, or the old church

400

Dropped out of school at age 16 because he thought he was dumb.

Sodapop Curtis

400

Drives a blue Mustang and decides not to show up for the rumble.

Randy Adderson

400

"Soda's movie-star kind of handsomeness."  What literary term is this an example of?

Metaphor

400

"And tonight . . . people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win you that, don't you?"

Randy

400

How does Dally die?

The police shoot him

500

Forced to care for his younger siblings after his parents died.

Darry (Darrell) Curtis

500

Two Brothers who are hoods, one is in jail and the other is the leader of his gang (give first and last names).

Tim and Curly Shephard.

500

S.E. Hinton has Ponyboy refer to the novel Gone with the Wind and the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay.  What literary term mentions other pieces of literature, or facts from history, pop culture, etc.?

Allusion

500

“’I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time.  First you and the black-haired kid climbing in that window, and then the tough-looking kid going back in to save him.  Mrs. O’Briant and I think you were sent straight from heaven.  Or are you just professional heroes or something?”  

Jerry Wood (the school teacher)

500

Cherry did this after Dally said nasty things to her at the drive-in.

Threw a Coke on Dally.

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