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Fun Facts
100
Narrator of the story
Who is Ponyboy Curtis
100
The place where Johnny kills Bob
What is the park
100
This happened right after Darry slapped Ponyboy for getting home late
What is Ponyboy ran away from home
100
This is the decade during which The Outsiders is set
What are the 1960s
100

True or False:  The Outsiders has also been made into a Broadway play.

True

200
Red-headed Soc who drives a red Sting Ray Corvette
Who is Cherry Valance
200
Ponyboy gets jumped in front of one in the first chapter
What is the movie theater
200
This is what caused Johnny to kill Bob
What is the Socs were drowning Ponyboy
200
This is the author of The Outsiders
Who is S.E. Hinton
200

True or False: Hinton always planned on publishing this book and making a lot of money.

False: Hinton originally wrote The Outsiders primarily for herself, but the mother of one of her friends read a draft and thought that the book deserved a wider audience.

300
Oldest of the Curtis brothers; roofs houses
Who is Darry Curtis
300
This is where Ponyboy meets Cherry
What is the drive-in theater
300
This happens right after Ponyboy and Johnny change their appearances
What is Dally visits
300
This is how old the author was when she wrote The Outsiders
What is sixteen
300

Some schools have banned this book

True- for its frank portrayal of gang violence, delinquency, underage drinking and smoking, and strong language

400
His prize possession is a 10 inch switch blade
Who is Two-Bit
400
Johnny and Ponyboy rescue children from this location
What is a church
400
This happens right before Dally pulls Johnny from the burning church
What is Ponyboy and Johnny push children out the window of the church
400

Hinton says the character she has the most in common with is Sodapop.

False-“Ponyboy Curtis is probably the closest I’ve ever come to putting myself in a book, even down to the physical description,” Hinton once said. “He had my ideas; he had my personality. And he and I both liked sunsets.

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