Foreshadowing gives clues to the reader to events that will happen later in the story.
100
What is the first and last name of the narrator of the story?
Ponyboy Curtis
100
Where does the stabbing of Bob take place?
Bob is stabbed near the fountain in the park.
100
Define "Tuff"
cool, sharp
100
Ponyboy said that money is what makes Socs and Greasers different. Cherry Valance disagreed. What did she say made them different?
She said it was feelings. Greasers were more sensitve than Socs and Socs can never show their feelings.
200
The first sentence of the novel is the same as the last sentence of the novel. What does that tell us about the entire novel?
The entire novel is a flashback.
200
Explain two ways Johnny and Dally will be remembered differently.
Correct.
200
What does Dally tell Ponyboy and Johnny to do after Johnny stabs Bob?
Hop a train to Windrixville to hide out at an old, abandoned church.
200
What word means anxious or fearful about the future?
apprehensive
200
What are Johnny's dying words to Ponyboy?
Stay Gold.
300
Give one example of cause-effect from the novel.
p. 52...others...Correct
300
Name two similarities about how people will remember Johnny and Dally.
correct.
300
Johnny and Ponyboy were going to turn themselves in, despite Dally's orders not to. What happened so that this no longer became necessary?
The church in Windrixville burned down, so their identities were revealed when they were taken tot he hospital.
300
Which character can best be described as apprehensive?
Johnny Cade
300
What does Robert Frost try to teach us in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
That things are innocent, fresh, new, beautiful at first, but that nothing can stay that way forever. Everything must change.
400
Explain how a memory is DIFFERENT than a flashback.
A memory is simply looking back on an event, but a flashback suspends the present story to learn about a previous significant event that will allow the current story to make more sense. It helps us understand what is happening NOW in the story.
400
Name two characters who changed during the novel and explain how and why they changed.
Johnny and Ponyboy...correct.
400
Dally says, "It ain't a ________________________ without me!" What word/event goes in this blank?
rumble
400
What is a word that means without thinking, or caring?
reckless
400
What does Johnny mean when he tells Ponyboy to "Stay Gold"? (Hint: He explains in the letter at the end of the story.)
page 178
500
Explain the flashback within the story that happens in Chapter Two. What is its significance and what do we learn from that flashback?
The flashback explains what motive Johnny has for stabbing Bob. If we didn't know about this event, Johnny's reasons for stabbing Bob would seem different.
500
Explain how Ponyboy and Cherry realized that they had something in common. (Hint: It's something that is visible to all.)
They both see the same sunset, Cherry from the West side and Ponyboy from the East side. This is when they realize that Socs and Greasers have more in common than they realize.
500
Place the following events in chronological order: - Johnny and Ponyboy meet the Soc girls at the movies. -Johnny is jumped by some Socs who beat him almost to death. -Bob is stabbed in the park. -Ponyboy writes his theme paper for his English teacher. -Ponyboy is jumped on his way home from the movies.
-Johnny is jumped by some Socs who beat him almost to death. -Ponyboy is jumped on his way home from the movies. -Johnny and Ponyboy meet the Soc girls at the movies. -Bob is stabbed in the park. -Ponyboy writes his theme paper for his English teacher.
500
Which character can best be described with the word "reckless"?
Dally Winston
500
How does the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost relate to the overall theme of The Outsiders?