The greasers
The Outsiders (Plot details)
Black History Month
All about Ms. Venuti
Plot Elements (story mountain)
100

The narrator of the story, the youngest Curtis brother and greaser

Who is Ponyboy Curtis?

100

The setting of Chapter 2 

The drive-in movie theater

100

the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit

Who is Tiger Woods?

100

The town where Ms. Venuti grew up

Where is Bedford, MA?

100

The most intense part of the story, where the conflict is faced head on

What is climax?

200

The second youngest greaser; 16 years old, was beat up really badly by the Socs

Who is Johnny Cade?

200

The two greasers who have been beaten up by the Socs

Who are Johnny and Ponyboy?

200

This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated

What is Brown vs. Board of Education?

200

Ms. V's favorite color

What is purple?

200

The longest part of the story, when the conflict gets more and more intense

What is the rising action?

300

The tuffest greaser, used to live in New York City, was teasing and harassing Cherry and Marcia in Chapter 2

Who is Dally Winston?

300
The soda Cherry threw at Dally when he was bothering her.

What is a Coke?

300

This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "separate but equal" 

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

300

The only 3 foreign countries Ms. V has been to

Where are Bermuda, Ireland, and Portugal?

300

When the conflict is resolved

What is the resolution?

400

Dropped out of school to work at a gas station, loved horses, used to have a horse called Mickey Mouse, the second Curtis brother

Who is Sodapop Curtis?

400

What Two-Bit handed Ponyboy in Chapter 3 when the Socs approached

What is a broken pop/soda bottle?

400

This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye") 

Who is Toni Morrison?

400

Ms. V's favorite Bedford Farms ice cream flavor

What is muddy river?

400

When the setting and characters are introduced

What is the exposition?

500

The oldest greaser and Curtis brother, wanted to play football in college but couldn't afford to go

Who is Darry Curtis?

500

The famous actor Ponyboy was thinking about at the start of the book.

Who is Paul Newman?

500

The year the first Africans were enslaved and brought to America 

What is 1619?

500

The name of Ms. V's sister

Who is Lauren?

500

When the conflict is introduced

What is the inciting incident?