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Just the Facts
100

What is Ponyboy thinking about as he leaves the movie theater at the beginning of the novel?

Paul Newman and a ride home.

100

Soc; wears three heavy rings

Bob Sheldon

100

Who said, "Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many things I ain't seen."?

Johnny Cade

100

This bad habit most likely caused the church fire.

Smoking

100

What car is the symbol of the rich Socs?

The Blue Mustang

200

Who said, "You greasers have a different set of values. You're more emotional. We're sophisticated-cool to the point of not caring."?

Cherry Valance

200

Still believes there is good in the world despite all he has been through.

Johnny Cade

200

Who said, “Oh, blast it, Johnny, you get hardened it jail. I don’t want that to happen to you?"


Dallas Winston

200

In his frail condition, Johnny gets upset and passes out when this person comes to see him at the hospital.

His mother

200

What is the author of The Outsiders name and how old was she when she started writing the novel?

S.E. Hinton and she was 15 years old.

300

Who asks, "You know what a greaser is? White trash with long hair"?

Bob Sheldon

300

Honor student, sometimes doesn't use his head


Ponyboy Curtis

300

Who said, "Oh, Pony, I thought we'd lost you...like we did Mom and Dad...?"


Darry Curtis

300

Cherry Valance, a classy Soc, admits to Ponyboy that she has a crush on this Greaser.

Dallas Winston

300
Knowing that their descriptions are in the paper, Ponyboy and Johnny do this to disguise themselves.
Ponyboy cuts and dyes his hair. Johnny cuts his hair.
400

Who said, "We're greasers. You know, like hoods, JD's. Johnny is wanted for murder, and Dallas has a record with the fuzz a mile long... Take me to town, and you'll find it out pretty quick.."?

Ponyboy Curtis

400

The newspaper article says, "Juvenile Delinquents Become Heroes,"  about these characters.


Dallas Winston, Ponyboy Curtis & Johnny Cade

400

Who said, "Greasers will still be Greasers and Socs will still be Socs?"


Randy Anderson

400

Why do the Curtis brothers always leave the front door open at their house?

To make sure their friends will always have somewhere to go, if they have a problem.

400

What is the setting of the novel - specifically name the city, state and the time period the novel takes place in?

Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s.

500

Who said, "You oughtta see Kathy's brother. Now there's a hood. He's so greasy, he glides when he walks. He goes to the barber for an oil change, not a hair cut."?

Two-Bit Matthews

500

This character doesn't drink alcohol, but gets drunk on just being alive.


Sodapop Curtis

500

Who is the author and what is the title of the poem that was included in the novel?

Robert Frost and "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

500

Sodapop runs off because Darry and Pony are doing this. They are surprised because he is usually happy-go-lucky.

The are fighting and always putting him in the middle.

500

Ponyboy is upset about this, but luckily this regenerates. What is this prized possession?

His tuff hair