Outsiders Trivia
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Outsiders Vocabulary
Academic Vocab #1
Academic Vocab #2
Greasers
100

This is the protagonist of the novel

Ponyboy

100

Who are Ponyboy's brothers?

Darry, Soda

100

unable to comprehend or understand (un): 

unfathomable

100

A comparison using like or as

simile

100

A comparison WITHOUT using like or as

metaphor

100

The protagonist and narrator of
"The Outsiders"

Ponyboy

200

The rich kids call Ponyboy and his friends this __________.

What is "Greasers"?

200

Examine something closely (a)

Analyze

200

shaking; trembling (q):

quivering

200

the way the story is told, usually from the 1st or 3rd 

Point of View 

200

The events that take place in a story

Plot

200

Ponyboy describes him as "if you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times..."

Johnny

300

How did Ponyboy's parents die?

Car crash

300

Who hit Ponyboy?

Darry

300

acting bravely or nobly.

gallantly

300

the person who gets in the way of the protagonist (The Bad Guy)

antagonist

300

the main character in a story (the good guy)

protagonist

300

This person is in charge of raising Ponyboy

Darry
400

Cherry's friend that she went to the movies with

Marcia

400

What is Ponyboy's last name?

Curtis

400

Mean or stubborn.  "I've got me a _______ pony" Soda said about Mickey Mouse

ornery

400

An exaggeration, "it's a million degrees in here"

hyperbole

400

A comparison using like or as; "fly like a bird"

simile

400

Ponyboy describes him as "handsomer than anyone else I know."

Soda

500

Why was Ponyboy alone from the movie theater at the beginning of the book?

He likes to go by himself because no one else understand movies and books like he does

500

What is S.E. Hinton's full name?

Susan Eloise

500

In the book, what is another name for a gun?

Heater

500

a universal idea we see over and over 

theme

500

"butterflies in the stomach" "cold shoulder" and "bite my tongue" are all examples of 

idioms

500

He slashes Tim Shephard's tires.

Dally