Author Facts
The name of the poet who wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Who is Robert Frost?
Who is Mickey Mouse?
The setting of The Outsiders.
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s?
In one complete sentence, please explain the meaning of "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"
Something sad, I imagine?
Which Greaser is Sodapop's best friend.
Who is Steve?
What S.E. Hinton based the characters/plot from The Outsiders on.
What are real gangs from her high school?
Ponyboy's best feature in his opinion.
What is his hair (before the haircut, obviously)?
The style of narration The Outsiders is written in.
What is first person limited?
Draw out the plot map and label it with the terms only.
Don't forget that you'll need to label it with plot moments as well.
What is alluded to in "Nothing Gold Can Stay" from the Christian bible?
What is the Garden of Eden/fall of man?
The name that S.E. Hinton was given by the world for her book's success.
What is "The Voice of the Youth?"
What Dally gives Pony and Johnny (besides a plan) before they leave.
What are a gun, a jacket, and money?
The term for what S.E. Hinton used at the end of many chapters in order to make the reader want to keep reading.
What is foreshadowing?
In three sentences, explain the eye metaphor and how it is used. Then, list two characters' eye colors and what they show about that character.
What is THE EYES SHALL SEE INTO YOUR SOUL???
What the color and make of the car are that the Socs who drove Johnny rode in.
What is a blue Mustang?
Write out S.E. Hinton's real name
What is Susan Eloise Hinton?
Who is his mother?
List one example of Chekov's Gun and how it appears in The Outsiders.
What is something that was planted and then payed off later so you weren't surprised by it?
Create a STEAL Chart for your chosen greaser.
What is WOW STEAL CHART HUH???
The name of the actor who Ponyboy thought of when he stepped out of the movie house at the start/end of the novel.
Who is Paul Newman?
Robert Frost's epitaph.
What is "I had a lover's quarrel with the world?"
Who is jumped first in the timeline of The Outsiders?
Who is Johnny Cade?
The rhyme scheme of "Nothing Gold Can Stay." Please write it in one line in capital letters.
What is AABBCCDD?
List the three reasons you find your chosen greaser to be the most heroic.
What is something something gallantry something something all heroes must undergo trials?
What the greaser subculture did not believe in anymore.
What is the American Dream?