The Outsiders - Vocab
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Who am I...
The Outsiders
100

the jokester of the gang

Two-Bit

100

What do Ponyboy and Cherry both enjoy? 

Sunsets 

100

The Fuzz 

Police

100

I am the oldest Curtis brother.

Who is Darry

100

The Setting

1960's
200

Pony's favorite brother

Soda

200

The book that Ponyboy and Johnny read while hiding out. 

What is Gone with the Wind. 

200

a greaser

long hair, a hood, poor

200

Views Dally as a hero. 

Who is Johnny

200

The two rival clubs/gangs in both

Socials & greasers

300

other place Dally lived

New York

300

The major conflict in this novel is 

Socials vs greasers 

300

The Socs

West Side Rich kids, always jumping greasers

300

I am a HS dropout and work at a local gas station.

Who is Sodapop

300

The narrator

Ponyboy

400

Darry's job

roofing houses 

400

This prompts the Socials to attack the boys while at the park. 

Ponyboy and Johnny were with Cherry and Marcia. 

400

a heater

gun

400

I am the roughest and meanest of the greaser crew.  I have already been arrested and been in jail. 

Who is Dally

400

The Soc girl who looks at sunsets too

Cherry Valance

500

Johnny was upset by this person's visit in the hospital

his mother

500

The reason Johnny kills Bob.

To save/protect Ponyboy

500

cancer stick

cigarette

500

I was stabbed by Johnny.

Who is Bob

500

The Curtis brothers

Darry, Ponyboy & Sodapop

600

how Dally and Pony got a police escort to the hospital after the rumble

they said Pony had been in a motorcycle accident

600

The biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life

Feeling unwanted and unloved by his parents as well as being jumped by the Socials for no reason. 

600

cooler 

jail 

600

I am the spy for the greasers. 

Who is Cherry Valance 

600

What does "Nothing gold can stay" mean? 

It means that nothing precious lasts forever--that all good things must come to an end. 

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