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This term refers to a scene that interrupts the present action to describe an event that took place earlier in time.
What is a flashback?
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He was the youngest member of the greasers game.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
This is where Johnny and Ponyboy first meet Cherry Valance.
What is the drive-in movie theater?
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Cherry and Marcia are alone at the drive-in because their boyfriends had _____________.
What is alcohol?
100
Two-Bit tells Ponyboy that the only thing keeping Darry from being a Soc is this.
What is the gang (his family and friends)?
200
Bob would be considered this type of character in "The Outsiders."
What is an antagonist?
200
He was Sodapop's best friend whose specialty was cars.
Who is Steve?
200
Ponyboy sustains one of these when he is kicked in the head during the rumble with the Socs.
What is a concussion?
200
This is what the name "Socs" is short for.
What is socials?
200
This is the literary term for a character who goes through a major personality change during the novel.
What is a dynamic character?
300
This is the literary term referring to a character whose personality does NOT go through a major change during the story.
What is a static character?
300
This character gave up his chance to go to college and started working instead.
Who is Darry?
300
The Curtis brothers' parents died in one of these.
What is a car accident?
300
Dally lived in this location before moving to Ponyboy's town.
What is New York City?
300
"The Outsiders" takes place during this decade of the 20th century.
What is the 1960's?
400
This is the point of view from which "The Outsiders" is written.
What is first person point of view?
400
18 1/2 years old and still a junior in high school, he is perhaps best known for his shoplifting talents.
Who is Two-Bit?
400
Ponyboy's recurring nightmares began on the night of this event.
What is his parents' funeral?
400
While reading about the Southern gentlement in "Gone With the Wind," Johnny is reminded of this person.
Who is Dally?
400
Despite being _______ years old, Darry is forced to take care of his brothers after their parents die.
What is 20?
500
This term refers to hints about what is coming up in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
He was described as a "puppy who had been kicked too many times."
Who is Johnny?
500
Ponyboy threatens the Socs who approach him outside of the convenience store with this object.
What is a broken pop bottle?
500
Ponyboy and Johnny go inside the burning church on Jay Mountain to save _____________.
Who are the children?
500
Ponyboy recites a poem written by this author during the scene where he and Johnny watch the sunrise.
Who is Robert Frost?
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