Characters
Who are the antagonist and protagonists of The Outsiders? (list both)
Protagonist: Ponyboy
Antagonist: The Socs
What does Dally do after Johnny dies? Why does this make sense to Pony?
He robs a grocery store and pulls a gun on cops. This makes sense to Pony because he knew that the only person Dally cared about was Johnny and without him he doesn't have much to live for.
Who said: "If you don't have anything, you end up like Dallas...and I don't mean dead either. I mean like he was before. And that's worse than dead"
Sodapop Curtis
What decade does The Outsiders take place?
1960s
What type of figurative language is included in the following line:
"I started buttoning up the shirt. It about swallowed me."
Hyperbole
Whom does Johnny idolize and look up to like a hero?
Dallas Winston (Dally)
Why didn't Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?
He didn't want Johnny to turn into a hardened criminal like Dally was.
Who said: "Greasers will still be greases and socs will be socs. Sometimes I think it's the ones in the middle that are really lucky stiffs."
Randy Anderson
Why were Cherry and Marcia without a car at the drive in theater?
They left their boyfriends when they discovered they planned to drink alcohol.
What type of figurative language is included in the following line:
"The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants"
Simile
Why is Two-Bit called "Two-Bit"? (DOUBLE POINTS: also write his original name)
He always has to get his two-bits into the conversation (Keith)
What does Randy say Bob wanted from his parents that he never received?
To tell him "no"
Where in the book is the following quote from:
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home"
The first and last lines of the book
Describe the old church that Pony and Johnny stayed while they were hiding from the authorities. (text evidence)
"It was a small church, real old and spooky and spiderwebby. It gave me the creeps" (66)
"This church gave me a kind of creepy feeling" (67)
What type of figurative language is included in the following line (TWO TYPES: list BOTH for double points):
"I was dying for a Pepsi. I'm what you might call a Pepsi addict. I drink them like a fiend"
Hyperbole
Simile
What are the aspects of Ponyboy's character that make him different than the other Greasers? (list at least 2)
-He doesn't like to fight
-He does well in school
-He enjoys school and sports
-He reads poetry
-He enjoys movies and books
Why does Johnny smile before he dies? Explain why this makes him happy.
Dally tells him he and the gang are proud of him. Johnny looked up to Dally throughout the book, so it was really important to him that he made Dally proud.
What did Pony mean when he said "Greaser didn't have anything to do with it...It's the individual"?
You can't tell everything about a person by the group he's a part of.
What does Ponyboy realize about Darry after the church fire? What might be a theme you can take from this? (BE SURE TO ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS)
-Darry cares about him and he's only hard on him because he wants him to be successful
-Sometimes the people who care about you the most are the hardest on you and expect the most from you.
What type of figurative language is included in the following line:
"All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces of it broke off and floated away in small clouds. The sky was lighter in the east, and the horizon was a think golden line. The clouds changed from gray to pink, and the mist was touched with gold"
Imagery
Several times throughout the text, Ponyboy mentions Darry's icy blue eyes. What do Darry's eyes suggest about his personality?
Darry is cold and logical
How was Johnny affected by the first time the Socs jumped him? (at least 2 ways he was affected)
-Physical scars
-Emotionally affected and more scared of everything
-Carried a switchblade
Cherry tells Ponyboy: Things are rough all over. Pony figures out what she meant in chapter 7. What did she mean?
Everyone has problems, and suffering is a part of the human condition.
What would you describe as the theme of The Outsiders?
Get to know someone before you judge them.
What type of literary device is included in the following line:
"We were careful with out cigarettes- if that old church ever caught fire, there'd be no stopping it"
Foreshadowing