When they were hiding from the cops, where did Johnny and Pony hide?
an abandoned church
100
Why are the Curtis brothers living without parents?
Their parents died.
100
Who is the author of "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
Robert Frost
100
What is the author's name of "The Outsiders"?
S.E. Hinton
200
_____ pointed a gun at the cops and ended up shot.
Dally
200
Where did the rumble take place?
the vacant lot
200
What caused Johnny to kill Bob?
The Socs were drowning Ponyboy.
200
Who was the original character to recite the poem?
Ponyboy
200
What is the gender of the author of the novel?
female
300
The pet of the gang who dies after saving kids at the church is _______.
Johnny
300
After saving the kids from the fire, where did Johnny have to stay?
the hospital
300
Why did Marcia and Cherry abandon their dates?
The boys took alcohol to the movies and got drunk.
300
When Ponyboy recites "Nothing Gold Can Stay", what are he and Johnny looking at?
sunrise
300
Where did the author live when she wrote this novel?
Tulsa, OK
400
The spy for the Greasers who threw a Coke at Dally is _____.
Cherry
400
Pony, Dally, and Johnny meet Marcia and Cherry at the ______ when their boyfriends got drunk.
drive-in theater; The Nightly Double
400
What happened that Darry slapped Ponyboy?
Ponyboy stayed out too late which worried Darry.
400
What is the meaning of the poem "Nature's First Green is Gold"?
When people are young, they are naive to the ways of the world. As they grow older, they become "hard" and calloused.
400
At what point, or what age, did the author write the novel?
Hinton wrote the novel when she was 16 and was in high school.
500
Character who had to grow up too young and works construction.
Darry
500
Known to keep their front door unlocked, where do the Greasers know they can always crash for the night?
the Curtis home
500
What happened that Johnny said was a "waste"?
rumble between the Socs and Greasers
500
Recite the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay".
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower,
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day,
Nothing gold can stay.
500
Why did she write the novel "The Outsiders"?
Hinton saw that the gangs and life of teenagers was very hard. She wanted people to see how life for young people really was, and still is today.