The Outsiders #1
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Who is Johnny Cade
This character is the narrator of the story
Who is Ponyboy Curtis
Which character did Johnny refuse to see when he was in the hospital?
Who is Johnny's mother?
A word for shade of color
What is hue?
This is the character who has the responsibility of being a father in Ponyboy's home
Who is Darry?
The Greasers identity is very important to them. What part of their appearance is considered a big part of their identity?
What is their long greasy hair?
Setting of the Outsiders
What is the 1960's
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This means warning or feeling something bad will happen
What is a premonition?
What is with determination?
Which brother in the Greasers tries to help keep the peace and help everyone get along?
Who is Sodapop?
This happened to Ponyboy's parents
What is they died in a car crash
This is the genre of "The Outsiders"
What is fiction/historical fiction?
These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers
Who are Darry and Sodapop
This character stands up for Cherry at the drive-in movies
Who is Johnny
To be cleared or established not guilty.
What is acquitted?
The reason Ponyboy went to the park after the drive-in
What is because Darry slapped him when he came home late.
Who is considered to be the favorite member of the Greasers?
Who is Johnny?
What is the meaning of the term leery?
What is cautious?
Describe some thoughts that Ponyboy has about Darry.
doesn't love him, is hard on him, he is only a problem for Darry
Describe Dally's character.
Dally is a criminal and does not make good choices. He can be hard-hearted at times.
What are the two main rival groups in the novel?
The Greasers and the Socs
Describe the symbolism shown with the sunset in the first few chapters of The Outsiders.
The connection between Cherry and Ponyboy; that there really isn't much difference between them
The meaning of the word gingerly
What is carefully?
These are the four things that Dally offers Ponyboy and Johnny after the murder
What are a gun, money, a plan, and dry clothes
Which character has a good sense of humor, is always carrying a switchblade and is still in school at 19?
Who is Two-bit?
This is the point-of-view The Outsiders is written in
What is first-person point of view from Pony
The reason Johnny and Dally were in the hospital
What is they were each injured when trying to save the kids from the church fire.
The meaning of the word divert.
What is redirect?
A word for avoided
What is eluded?
This is the literary device being used in this quote: "He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again."
What is foreshadowing.