The Outsiders
What happened to Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy's parents?
They were killed in a car accident.
What was the name of the lawyer in the Brown vs. Board of Education case who later went on to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Is Dallas Winston a static or dynamic character?
Static
What is an antonym for rouse?
Bore or calm
Name an example of an idiom.
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easy as pie, beat around the bus, buy the farm, tip of the iceberg, under the weather, raining cats and dogs, etc
What was the name of the book that Johnny left for Ponyboy at the end of the novel?
Gone with the Wind
What point of view is the story "Say Yes" told from?
Third person limited
What does "the hill we climb" symbolize?
overcoming challenges, specifically the issue of racial inequality
What is a synonym for dictate?
Control, order, command, boss around
Name all three types of third person point of view.
Third person objective, limited, and omniscient.
What is the title and author of the poem that Ponyboy and Johnny read together?
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
Who says the quote "For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it" ?
Amanda Gorman in "The Hill We Climb"
Is Sandy a round or flat character?
Flat. She is very underdeveloped and we know very little about her. We don't know the rationale behind any of her choices or how she feels about anything.
What is an antonym for ephemeral?
Continuous, everlasting, consistent, enduring, infinite
What type of figurative language is used in the following example?
“...history has its eyes on us”
Personification
Randy feels that Bob's death was a result of...
Bob's parents never setting limits (or disciplining him).
Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat _________ months before Rosa Parks did. Claudette was ________ years old.
9 months, 15 years old
What impact did Loving v. Virginia have on the rest of the United States?
It made interracial marriage legal in several states throughout the U.S. Paved the way for gay marriage as well.
What is the part of speech of unabated?
Adjective
What type of figurative language is used in the following example?
“Compared to Johnny’s home, mine was heaven.”
Metaphor
List the names of all the greasers in order from youngest to oldest. You may exclude Steve Randle as well as Tim and Curly Shepard.
Ponyboy (14)
Johnny (16)
Sodapop (16)
Two-Bit (16)
Dally (17)
Darry (20)
What was the name of the historic event where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech "I Have a Dream"?
The March on Washington (Aug 28 1963)
What was the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education case beyond schools?
Ended segregation in ALL public spaces.
Write a sentence using vindication correctly. You can use any form of the word (noun or adjective).
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Which symbol from The Outsiders foreshadows conflict and violence?
The Blue Mustang