Background Knowledge
Vocabulary
Who Am I?
Major Details
Slang words
Quotes
100

The author of The Outsiders

Who is Susan Eloise Hinton?

100

A young troublemaker; thug

What is a hoodlum?

100

I was stabbed and killed by a Greaser.

Who is Bob?

100

This is what happened to Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry's parents

What is they died in a car accident?

100

The fuzz

Who are the police?

100

"You must think at school, with all those good grades you bring home, and you've always got your nose in a book, but do you ever use your head for common sense?"

Who is Darry?

200

The setting of The Outsiders

What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
200

To move in long strides

What is loping?

200

I am described as a dark puppy that's been kicked too many times.

Who is Johnny

200

This is the biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life

What is the feeling of being unwanted or unloved by parents?

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What is being jumped by the Socs for no reason?

200

Tuff

What is cool or sharp?

200

"The chips are always down when it's our turn, but that's the way things are. Like it or lump it."

Who is Two-Bit?

300

The time period of The Outsiders

What is the 1960s?

300

Unable to believe something

What is incredulous?

300

I am a cheerleader and hate violence.

Who is Cherry?

300

This is what causes the Socs to attack the boys in the park

What are Johnny and Ponyboy hanging out with Cherry and Marcia?

300

The cooler

What is Juve-Hall?

300

"Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset."

Who is Ponyboy?

400

The major war that occurred during the time period of The Outsiders.

What is the Vietnam War?

400

Physical or emotional distance

What is aloofness?

400

I love making trouble and being a Greaser.

Who is Dally?

400

This is the reason that Ponyboy decided he was going to run away from home

What is Darry slapped him for getting home late?

400

Savvy

What is do you understand?

400

"Next time you want a broad, pick up yer own kind---dirt."

Who is Bob?

500

The President of America that was assassinated during the time period of The Outsiders

Who is President John F. Kennedy?

500

Stubborn or mean

What is ornery?

500

My real name is Keith and I have a great sense of humor.

Who is Two-Bit?

500

The name of the town and mountain that Johnny and Ponyboy run away to

What is Jay Mountain in Windrixville?

500

Woofin

What is to be kidding?

500

"Things are rough all over."

Who is Cherry Valance?

600

A movement that gave rights to people of color during the time period of The Outsiders

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

600

Showing courteous attention or being chivalrous

What is gallant?

600

I am Dally's rodeo partner and enjoy Hank Williams.

Who is Buck Merril?

600

These are four things that Dally offers Johnny and Ponyboy after the murder

What are money, a gun, a plan, and dry clothes?

600

Dig

What is to understand or appreciate?

600

"It seems like there's gotta be someplace without greasers or Socs, with just people. Plain ordinary people."

Who is Johnny?

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