Character Alley
Litereary Devices
Author info
Who Said That
Setting
100
He is the protagonist of the novel
Who is Ponyboy Curtis
100
He had ears like a lynx
What is simile
100
Full name of the author of The Outsiders
What is Susan Eloise Hinton
100
Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold...
Who is Johnny
100
Decade novel takes place
1960s
200
He is the "pet" of the gang and looks like a beaten puppy.
Who is Johnny
200
His eyes were like ice.
What is simile
200
The age Hinton was when The Outsiders was written/published
What is 15-17
200
We couldn't let our parents see us with y'all. You are a nice boy and everything, but...
Who is Cherry
200
Ponyboy and Johnny take a train to this place to hide out
What is Windrixville at Jay Mountain
300
He is the only tow-headed blonde in the greasers
Who is Dallas Winston or Dally
300
And even as the policemen's guns spit fire into the night
What is personification
300
Place where the author grew up and currently lives
What is Tulsa, OK
300
I think I like it better whent the old man is hittin' me. At least then I know he knows who I am.
Who is Johnny
300
Although not totally obvious at first, the novel takes place in this city and state
What is Tulsa, OK
400
She volunteered to be the informant for the Greasers
Who is Cherry
400
I started buttoning up the shirt- it about swallowed me
What is personification
400
The reason S.E. Hinton hides her identity with the initials S.E.
What is her fear that her being a female author would turn off potential male readers
400
We gotta win that fight tonight. We gotta get even with the Socs. For Johnny."
Who is Dallas Winston or Dally
400
Place of Sodapop's and Steve's employment
What is the DX gas station
500
He was once a star football player
Who is Darrel Curtis or Darry
500
He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again- not over his dead body.
What is foreshadowing
500
The tool Hinton used to investigate the Greasers world as she did research for her novel
What is a knife
500
Gonna go play a little snooker and hunt up poker game. Maybe get rip-roarin drunk. I dunno. See y'all tomorrow.
Who is Two-Bit
500
The name of the drive in where the Greasers hang out
What is the Dingo
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