The Novel
This is the author of The Outsiders
Who is S.E. Hinton
What are Mustangs and Covairs...
What are cars
These are two character traits you could use to describe Ponyboy
What are Kind, Loyal, Smart, Sensitive, Brave, Perceptive, Naïve
These are the two girls that Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly Double
Who are Cherry and Marcia
This is the character who has the responsibility of being a father in Ponyboy's home
Who is Darry
This is the point-of-view The Outsiders is written in
What is first-person point of view
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
This is the biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life
What is feeling unsupported by parents
What is the difference between a 'fair fight' and 'rough fight'?
rough - any object that could be a weapon (Socs)
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Who is Johnny Cade
This character is the narrator of the story
Who is Ponyboy Curtis
This is what the name Socs is short for
What is the Socials
These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers
Who are Darry and Sodapop
This character stands up for Cherry at the drive-in movies
Who is Johnny
This character was arrested at age 10
Who is Dally
This is the setting of The Outsiders
Tulsa, OK
1960's
This is what the word "fuzz" is slang for
What is the police
This is the youngest member of the greasers is
Who is Ponyboy
This is why Cherry and Marcia left their boyfriends at the movie
What is their boyfriends wanted to drink and they did not
This where Sodapop and Steve work
What is the local gas station (The DX)
This is why there is conflict between the Socis and Greasers
money, class system, acceptable behaviors
This is what the slang word 'cooler' means
What is jail
Who jumps Ponyboy AND what is the threat?
Socs
threaten to cut his hair
This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy after hearing about Johnny's beating by the Socs
"things are rough all over"
These are three things that Two-Bit is known for
What are his sense of humor, his switchblade, and shoplifting