The Outsiders #1
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Johnny Cade
This is the point-of-view used to tell the story (first, second, third)
First person
Two character traits you could use to describe Ponyboy are
Kind, Loyal, Smart, Sensitive, Brave, Perceptive, Naive
Why did Johnny and Ponyboy go into the fire?
They both wanted to save the children
This is what causes the Socs to attack the boys at the park
Pony and Johnny were with Cherry and Marcia and their boyfriends (Bob and Randy) were jealous.
What are the names of Ponyboy's brothers?
Darry and Sodapop
This is the name of the mountain where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out in Windrixville
Jay Mountain
This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy about the Socs that he has a hard time believing.
Socs have it rough too
Cherry states "things are rough all over."
The biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life is...
Either:
-feeling unwanted and unloved by parents
or
-being jumped by the Socs for no reason
This is the youngest member of the greasers
Ponyboy
This is the book that Pony and Johnny read while hiding out
Gone With the Wind
True or False: S.E. Hinton was a teenager when she wrote The Outsiders?
True.
What happened to Ponyboy's parent?
They passed away in a car crash.
What do Cherry and Ponyboy say is the real difference between the Socs and Greasers
Socs don't feel anything, and greasers feel too much.
This man was supposedly too big to fit through the window of the church.
Jerry Wood.
What is the last name of Ponyboy, Darry and Soda?
Curtis
What does gallant mean, and which character was described as being gallant?
A heroic gentleman; Dally
Which greaser thinks of Ponyboy as a "tagalong"
Steve Randle
What is Johnny's last name?
Cade
Johnny's last words to Ponyboy are...
"Stay gold, Ponyboy"
Susan Eloise Hinton
This is the name of the town Johnny and Ponyboy run away to
Windrixville
This is where Sodapop works
The local gas station (The DX)
This is the name of Darry's former friend who threw the first punch during the rumble.
Paul Holden
This physical attribute becomes a symbol of identity and pride for the greasers, but also sets them apart from society.
Their long, greasy hair
Dally gives Ponyboy this, which ends up saving him later when he's in a fire.
His leather jacket.
This is Cherry's last name
Valance
This is what happened to Soda's girlfriend Sandy
She moved to Florida to live with her grandparents while she had a baby who was not Soda's.
This is what the boys understand "nothing gold can stay" to mean
What is that nothing precious lasts forever - that all good things (including innocence) must come to an end
This is the decade when The Outsiders takes place
1960s