S.E. Hinton
The Curtis Family
Characters
Who said it?
Cause and Effect
100
Grade D
What grade did she get in her creative writing class while she was writing The Outsiders?
100
Darry, Sodapop, Ponyboy
Name the Curtis boys oldest to youngest.
100
Johnny.
Who killed Bob the soc?
100
Robert Sheldon (Bob)
"You know what a greaser is? White-trash with long hair."
100
His friends embarassed him.
WHy won't Ponyboy go to church?
200
Susan Eloise
What does S.E. stand for?
200
Darry
Who gave up a college scholarship to take care of his family?
200
Ponyboy Curtis and Cherry Valence.
Which two characters like to watch sunsets?
200
Johnny
"Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold."
200
Darry slapped him.
Why did Ponyboy run away?
300
She did not want to alienate her male readers.
Why did Hinton use her initals?
300
Sodapop.
Which brother dropped out of highschool to work at a gas station?
300
Tim Shepard
Who helps out when the greasers fight the socs?
300
Cherry
"If I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don't say hi, well, it's not personal or anything, but.."
300
Bob was drowning Ponyboy.
Why did Johnny stab Bob?
400
Tex, Rumble Fish, That Was Then This Is Now
What other books did Hinton write?
400
Ponyboy
What brother was getting such good grades that he moved up a grade in school?
400
Steve Randle
Who is Sodapop's bestfriend who Ponyboy doesn't like?
400
Ponyboy
"It took me a long time to get that hair just the way i wanted it."
400
Ponyboy and Johnny were walking their girls home from the movies.
Why did the socs jump Ponyboy and Johnny?
500
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Where did Hinton grow up?
500
They were in a car accident.
How did the parents of the Curtis boys die?
500
Two-Bit Mathews (Keith)
Whose the wise-cracker of the group?
500
Sodapop
"Listen, kiddo, when Dary hollers at you ... he don't mean nothin'."
500
For a gun, money, and a plan.
Why did Ponyboy and Johnny go to Dally?
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