Ponyboy
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How did Ponyboy's parents die? What did their death result in?

They died in a car accident and their death resulted in Ponyboy and Soda being under care of Darry.

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What do the Greaser can a fight?

Rumble


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Who won the rumble?

The greasers

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What type of car do the Socs drive in the novel?

Blue Mustang

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Who is the narrator of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton?

Ponyboy Curtis

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What is Ponyboy Curtis's favorite subject in school?

English

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What do the Grasers call a police?

fuzz 

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Who is Sodapop's girlfriend?

Sandy

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What is the name of the Soc Cherry Valance's boyfriend?

Robert "Bob" Sheldon

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What is the name of the rival of the Grasers in the novel?

The Socs

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Who does Ponyboy live with?

Ponyboy lives with his brothers, Sodapop Curtis and Darryl Curtis aka Soda and Darry

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what word means brave?

gallant

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Who is Cherry and how does she help the Greasers throughout the novel?


She assists the Greasers by providing them with insightful Socs advice. Cherry works for the Greasers as a spy on the Socs.

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What does Ponyboy realize about the Socs and Greasers by the end of the novel?

The Socs and the greasers are not as different as he thought

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Who is the author of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" mentioned in the novel?

Robert Frost's

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Who does ponyboy find attractive?

Cherry

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What another way to say "you cool" or "you understand"?

"savvy" or "you dig"

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What person brings the gang together as a family?

Johnny

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What is the reason behind the tension between the Socs and the Greasers?

The Socs provoke the Greasers by saying hurtful things and attacking them so both gangs feel the need to fight to prove that they are better.

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What age was S.E. Hilton when she wrote the Outsiders?

16

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Described ponyboy?

Smart, impulsive, and handsome

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What words means what's going to happen in the future?

premonition

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What major events happened in Chapter 4?

Johnny killed a Soc named Bob

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How does the novel depict the social and economic divide between the Socs and the Greasers?

The Greasers were seen as the poor outcast while the Socs were the popular one with all the money.

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What inspired Hinton to write The Outsiders?

The beating of one of her Greaser friends

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