characters
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Johnny Cade
Who is the narrator of the story?
Ponyboy
These are the two major groups in conflict in the book
Socs and the greasers
This is the book that Pony and Johnny read while hiding out
Gone With the Wind
What is a "heater"
gun
These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers
Darry and Sodapop
The setting of The Outsiders: place, year
Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s
What begins the conflict in the story?
Johnny kills Bob after Bob tries to drown Ponyboy in the fountain.
This is the youngest member of the greasers
Ponyboy
Hood/J.D.
criminal
The character that Cherry says she could fall in love with..
Dally
This is Cherry's last name
Valance
Describe Johnny's home life.
-Abused by father
-Ignored by mother
How did 2-Bit get his switchblade?
Shoplifted it
When Pony and Johnny are in the church rescuing the kids, what surprises Ponyboy about Johnny?
Johnny looks happier than Pony has ever seen him.
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Johnny's last words to Ponyboy are these
"Stay gold, Ponyboy"
The author of The Outsiders is this
S.E Hinton
This is what happened to Ponyboy's parents
Passed away in a car crash
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
This is the name of the town Johnny and Ponyboy run away to
Windrixville
Author of the poem from the book
Robert Frost
This is what the boys understand "nothing gold can stay" to mean
Nothing precious lasts forever - that all good things must come to an end
This character chose not to fight in the rumble
Randy
How is Ponyboy different than the rest of the greasers?
Ponyboy loves to read, loves movies, and cares about school.
This is Dally's reaction after Johnny's death.
Dally robs a grocery store at gunpoint, and then is killed by the police.
Dally gives Ponyboy this, which ends up saving him later when he's in a fire.
Leather jacket
Actor Pony thinks about when he's leaving from the movie theater
Paul Newman
The Soc who acts as a spy and helps the greasers.
Cherry