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100

Narrator of the story

Who is Ponyboy Curtis?

100

It is the pride of the Greasers and would help you identify a Greaser on the street

What is the symbolic meaning of Greasers' long, greasy hair?

100

The place where Johnny kills Bob

What is the park?

100

Rumble

What a slang word for street fight?

100

This is the decade during which The Outsiders is set

What are the 1960s?

200

Red-headed female Soc who drives a red Sting Ray Corvette

Who is Cherry Valance?

200

They can be seen by Greasers and Socs alike

What is the symbolic meaning of sunsets and sunrises?

200

Ponyboy gets jumped in front of one in the first chapter

What is the movie theater?

200

Heater

What is a slang word for a gun?

200

This is the author of The Outsiders

Who is S.E. Hinton

300

Character who dies from a broken back near the end of the book

Who is Johnny Cade?

300

Freedom and mobility, especially for the Socs.

Who is the symbolic meaning of cars?

300

This is where Ponyboy meets Cherry

What is the drive-in theater?

300

Cancer stick

What is a slang word for a cigarette?

300

This is how old the author was when she wrote The Outsiders

What is sixteen years old?

400

Oldest of the Curtis brothers; roofs houses to earn money

Who is Darry Curtis?

400

It's a traditional symbol of wealth that is used by one character in the book for violence.

What the symbolic meaning of Bob's rings?

400

This is the town that Ponyboy and Johnny run away to

What is Windrixville?

400

the fuzz

What is a slang word for the police?

400

Graduation day from high school

When did the author receive a publishing contract for The Outsiders?

500

He has a goofy grin and his prize possession is a 10-inch switchblade

Who is Two-Bit?

500

Joy, toughness, and physicality without being violent

What is the symbolic meaning of horses?

500

Johnny and Ponyboy rescue children from this location

What is the burning church?

500

Broad

What is a slang word for a female?

500

This is the number of pages in The Outsiders

What is 180?

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