The Outsiders
What are the names of Ponyboy’s two brothers?
Darry and Sodapop
What happens to Alem's father at the end?
He is killed.
According to the speaker in "The Spell of the Yukon", what does he say he doesn't care for, even though he’s spent years in the North?
Gold
What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Mars
What is the term for a person who tells the story in a novel or poem?
The narrator
What event forces Johnny and Ponyboy to go into hiding?
Johnny kills a Soc
What is the name of the friend Alem makes at school who supports him throughout his struggles?
Robert
What small, eerie detail in the lighthouse suggests the keepers left suddenly?
Meal still on the table.
Chair overturned.
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific
What do you call a comparison between two things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read together while hiding out in the church?
Gone with the Wind
What is Alem's surname?
Kelo
In "The Mistletoe Bough" what is the name of the Lord she is marrying? Lord...
Lord Lovell
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
What literary device involves giving human qualities to animals or objects?
Personification
What poem does Ponyboy recite to Johnny while they’re hiding out?
Nothing Gold Can Stay
What is the name of the foster family Alem stays with after being left in England?
The Fitzgeralds
The bride lies in her "living tomb". What poetic technique is this?
Oxymoron.
Which scientist developed the theory of general relativity?
Albert Einstein
What do you call deliberate exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What is the name of the Greaser who gives Ponyboy and Johnny a gun and money after the incident with Bob?
Dallas Winston
What is the name of Alem's lawyer?
Nicholas Morgan
From "The Listeners":
Above the Traveller’s head:
And he smote upon the door again a second time;
What does "smote" mean?
Knocked
What is the name of the ancient trade route that connected China to the Mediterranean, used for trade?
The Silk Road
What technique has been used here:
"The wilted flowers begged for water."
Personification