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Chapter Questions
Story Elements
100
behavior that is the same as others in a society
What does "conformity" mean?
100
slow to react or dazed from lack of sleep
What does "groggy" mean?
100
to separate or disconnect
What does "detach" mean?
100
Darry and Ponyboy don’t get along well because
Ponyboy thinks Darry is too strict.
100
The sequence of events in story.
What is plot?
200
to shine or glow
What does "radiate" mean?
200
a person that obsesses over an activity or thing
What is a "fiend"?
200
to beg or argue for something
What does it mean to "plead"?
200
When Johnny and Pony are hiding in the church, what do they do to pass the time?
Read Gone With The Wind
200
In a story, a struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict?
300
a continued striving for advantage over another
What is a "rivalry"?
300
an unwilling and hesitant way
What does "reluctantly" mean?
300
forbidding or uninviting/ depressing or lacking humor
What does "grim" mean?
300
Why did Johnny kill a Soc in the park?
to protect Ponyboy.
300
The act of creating and developing a character.
What is characterization?
400
unbelievable or unable to understand/ incapable of being fully understood
What does "unfathomable" mean?
400
a street fight between gangs or large groups
What does "rumble" mean?
400
as if struck dumb with astonishment or surprise
What does "dumfounded" mean?
400
1960’s Oklahoma
What is the setting of The Outsiders?
400
The time and place of a story
What is setting?
500
lack of faith in something/ don't believe something
What does "disbelief" mean?
500
a feeling that something is wrong
What does "suspicion" mean?
500
something that is a source of danger
What does "menace" mean?
500
Ponyboy says greasers may not have much, but they do have
each other
500
The author’s central message in a story
What is theme?