The Outsiders #1
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Who is Johnny Cade
This is the point-of-view The Outsiders is written in...
What is 1st person point of view (Ponyboy Curtis)?
These are two character traits you could use to describe Ponyboy
What are Kind, Loyal, Smart, Sensitive, Brave, Perceptive, Naïve
What does unfathomable mean?
What is not understanding fully?
This is the word that the gang uses for a gun...
What is a heater?
What is the main conflict in chapter 1?
What is gang rivalry.
This is one trademark "look" the Greasers are known for
What is long hair that is slicked back
Also acceptable: worn clothing, jeans, leather jackets, t-shirts
This is the biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life
What is feeling unwanted and unloved by parents
Also acceptable: being jumped by the Socs for no reason
This is what savvy really means?
What is common sense, or getting the meaning of something?
This is what the word "fuzz" is slang for
What is the police?
When Ponyboy was attacked by the Socs, what car were they driving?
What is a blue Ford Mustang?
This character stands up for Cherry at the drive-in movies...
Who is Johnny Cade?
These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers
Who are Darry and Sodapop
A rivalry is ...
What is opposition between two groups?
This is what Ford Mustangs are examples of..
What are tuff-looking cars?
Who is telling us the story in this novel?
Who is Ponyboy?
Why wouldn't Cherry say "HI" in school?
What is Because it would "ruin her reputation"
Why did Ponyboy decide to run away from home?
What is Darry slapped him for getting home late
What does incredulous mean?
What is doubtful?
This is the term used for a fight between two gangs...
What is a rumble?
This is why warfare between the Socs and greasers is going on
What is Social Class (those with power & money and those without)
Also acceptable: What is the Socs are jerks. Plain and simple.
These are the two girls that Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly Double (the movies)
Who are Cherry and Marcia
How does Ponyboy describe Sodapop in Chapter 1?
What is energetic, disinterested in school, and movie-star handsome.
"Dallas grinned roguishly" means...
What is in a mischievous way?
This phrase means someone has been judged for being low-class or poor...
What is marked lousy?
Who saved Ponyboy when he was jumped in Chapter 1?
Darry and the rest of the gang.
This is the author of The Outsiders
Who is S.E Hinton
This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy after hearing about Johnny's beating by the Socs
What is that Socs have troubles too
Who behaved in a scatterbrained way in Chapter 2, and what does scatterbrained mean?
Who is Two-Bit Mathews? And scatterbrained means disorganized or lacking in concentration.
This is the term for "Do you understand?"
What is savvy?