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How Observant Are You?
100

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

This is the youngest member of the greasers

Who is Ponyboy?

100

The reason Darry never when to college 

What is - he stayed home, and got a job to support Soda and Ponyboy?

100

This is what happened to Ponyboy's parents 

What is passed away in a car crash? 

100

This is "the fuzz"

What is the police?

100

How would you describe something done "unceasingly"?

Continuously; without stopping

100

An allusion is...

Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.

100

The reason for the conflict throughout the book between the Socs and the greasers.

What is Social Class (those with power & money and those without)


100

The kind of building Johnny and Ponyboy hide-out in

What is a church?

100

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

This is the book that Ponyboy and Johnny read while hiding out

What is Gone With the Wind?

100

This is the point-of-view used to tell the story (first, second, third)

What is first person? 

100

Name 2 things that are right outside Mr. Wilson's door on the wall.

Marker

White board

Room number and name plaque

Blue corkboard

Cross-country top times of the season

200

This is the wisecracker of the bunch

Who is Two-Bit?

200

This greaser thinks of Ponyboy as a "tagalong"

Who is Steve Randle? 

200

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

What is -Pony and Johnny were with Cherry and Marcia and their boyfriends (Bob and Randy) were jealous? 

200

An "ornery" person is likely to be what?

Unpleasant, grumpy, sulky, moody

200

If I told you "ruefully" that I was late to work, how would I be saying it?

Sadly; with regret

200

"External conflict" is...

When a character struggles with a force that is outside of themselves.

200

This is the reason Johnny doesn't ask any questions when Ponyboys tell him they are going to run away

Johnny had been waiting to run away his whole life because of his abusive homelife.

200

Where is Dallas from?

New York City

200

This is what Ponyboy and Johnny eat at the church

What is baloney?

200

The author of The Outsiders is this person

Who is S.E Hinton?

200

Which superhero did Mr. Wilson dress up as earlier this year?

Superman.

300

This is the toughest guy in the greaser gang

Who is Dally?

300

This man was supposedly too big to fit through the window of the church

Who is Jerry Wood? 

300

What happens after Cherry sees the blue Mustang for the first time?

Nothing

300
Use "heater" like a greaser would in a sentence

Answers will vary

300

If I had a "premonition", what did I just experience?

A prediction of the future

300

"Setting" is...

The time of day, period of history, place, and geographic location of a story.

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

The biggest cause of pain in Johnny's life 

Feeling unwanted and unloved by his parents

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

This is the name of the mountain where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out in Windrixville

What is Jay Mountain?

300

Name one of the period (1960s) cars in the book and its color.

What are a bright red Corvette Sting Ray, a red Chevrolet Corvair, and a blue Ford Mustang?

300

This is the decade when The Outsiders takes place

When was the 1960s?

300

Double-Jeopardy


What used to be above the whiteboard on the far right?

A picture of a grey snowy mountain

400

Cherry's ex-boyfriend

Who is Bob Sheldon?

400

This is Cherry's last name

What is Valance?

400

Why did Sodapop cry all night long once?

His horse, Mickey Mouse, was taken away

400

If someone acts "vaguely", how are they behaving?

Confusingly; not clear; opaque
400

If my daughter wants a cracker, she will ask "imploringly". What does this mean?

She will beg for it

400

A "flashback" is...

A scene in a story, movie, or play that interrupts the chronological order to show a past event.

400

Ponyboy is a ______________ character, not a static one.

What is dynamic?

400

This is where Sodapop works

What is at the local gas station (The DX)?

400

What protects Ponyboy from both the cold on the train and the fire in the church?

Dally's jacket

400

This is how many chapters there are in The Outsiders

What is 12?

400

How many book covers are displayed on Mr. Wilson's door?

9

500

The sport Dally participated in.  The only thing he was honest about.

What is horseracing? (or being a jockey)

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

This is the celebrity that the Greasers idolize.

Who is Paul Newman?

500

Double Jeopardy:

What time is it when Ponyboy and Johnny are jumped?

2:30 am

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

This is what "wistfully" means

What is dreamily, absentminded, longingly? 

500

When a person is acting "sullenly," they are likely to be what?

Sad and gloomy

500

"Foreshadowing" is...

A literary technique that provides a clue or a hint of what is to come.

500

What Cherry says is the real difference between the Socs and Greasers

What is that Socs don't feel anything, and greasers feel too much?

500

This is the name of the town Johnny and Ponyboy run away to 

What is Windrixville?

500

What is the significance of Darry's eye color?

Ponyboy hates people with green eyes

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

The author's age when she published the novel

What is 16?

500

When is your next MAPS test? It is over a week; you must get one date in that week right.

December 9-13

600

Dally and Johnny's relationship is like this

Johnny idolizes Dally. Johnny is the only person or thing Dally ever loved.

600

Cherry says this before she leaves Ponyboy and it shocks him.

What is - "I could fall in love with Dallas Winston."

600

Put these events in order:

Ponyboy gets jumped

Two-Bit gets jumped

Johnny gets jumped

Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped while together

Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy go to Dairy Queen



1. Johnny gets jumped

2. Ponyboy gets jumped

3. Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped while together

4. Two-Bit gets jumped

5. Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy go to Dairy Queen

600

This is what gallant means, and a character who was described as being gallant. Must get both for points.

What is a heroic gentleman; Dally, Sodapop

600

A "drawl" in speech is characterized by what?

A slow, drawn-out voice

600

An "epiphany" is...

A sudden realization--a flash of recognition in which someone or something is seen in a new light.

600

Ponyboy feels sorry for Dally when Johnny asks if his parents missed him. The reason for this is...

Dally tried to be Johnny's "family" in Johnny's parents' place. However, Johnny would never look up to him as much as he did his parents, even though they beat him.

600

The house where Ponyboy and Johnny go immediately after Johnny kills Bob.

What is Buck Merrill's house?

600

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

This is the kind of shirt fabric that Socs like to wear

What is madras?

600

What is a false dichotomy?

When you are presented with a choice between two options and you can actually have both.

600

(No Steals)

You may not turn around:

Name seven things on the painting hanging on Mr. Wilson's back wall.

Multiple answers

700

Who gets to Johnny first after he is jumped by the Socs in the vacant lot?

Sodapop

700

What is the name of Cherry's friend?

Marcia

700

How did Sodapop find out about Ponyboy and Johnny and where they were hiding?

He went to Buck Merrill's house and confronted Dally

700

How would you describe someone who is "incredulous"? 

A person who refuses to believe in something

700

If a person behaves "nonchalantly," they are doing so in what way?

Indifferently, lazily

700

"Symbolism" is...

When something literal (concrete) is used represent something figurative (abstract).

700

This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy about the Socs that he has a hard time believing

Despite their social class, the Socs have it rough too

Cherry states "things are rough all over."

700

Put these locations in order by when Ponyboy arrives at them:

The church

The vacant lot when they found Johnny

The vacant lot when Johnny and Ponyboy fell asleep

Ponyboy's house

The drive-in 

The movie theatre

1. The vacant lot where they found Johnny

2. The movie theatre

3. Ponyboy's house

4. The drive-in

5. The vacant lot where Johnny and Ponyboy fell asleep

6.The church

700

What does "the country" symbolize in The Outsiders?

Freedom; escape from the rules

700

What book is the month of October on Mr. Wilson's calendar?

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

700

What room number is Mr. Wilson's room?

108

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