Characters
who is the 14-Year-Old protagonist who narrates the story?
What is
Ponyboy Curtis
Who is the happy-go-lucky Curtis brother who has a love life?
What is
Sodapop Curtis
Which character looks like a movie star?
What is
Sodapop
Describe Johnnys relationship with his parents.
What is67
His parents ignore him/beat him.
What did Pony determine was the only good reason to fight?
What is
Self-defense
Who is the dark-Haired, spoiled soc, who wears heavy rings?
What is
Bob Sheldon
Who is the protective, serious Curtis brother who works too hard?
What is
Darry Curtis
In what decade does The Outsiders take place?
What is
The 1960's
To whom does Johnny and Pony turn to for help after Johnny killed Bob?
What is
Dally Winston
Why wouldn't Cherry visit Johnny at the hospital?
What is
Johnny had killed her boyfriend.
Who is the Quiet, jumpy Greaser known as "the gang's pet"?
What is
Johnny Cade
Who is the toughest, hardest Greaser who is violent and reckless?
What is
Dally Winston
What is the name of Sodas horse?
Mickey Mouse
What is
Johnny was trying to save Ponyboy.
What does Sodapop get tired of?
Having to be in the middle of Darry and Ponyboy.
Who is Sodapops best freind who fights for hatred?
What is
Steve Randle
Who is the goofy, silly Greaser who provides comic relief?
What is
Two-Bit Matthews
Why couldn't Darry call the cops when Ponyboy didn't come home on time?
What is
Ponyboy and Sodapop might get put in a foster home if he does.
How does Darry know Paul Holden, his first opponent at the rumble?
What is
They played football together.
What does Ponyboy find in his copy of Gone With The Wind?
A letter form Johnny.
Who is Bob's girlfriend who becomes a spy for the Greasers?
Cherry Valance
Who is a soc who has feelings and chooses not to fight in the rumble?
What is
Randy Adderson
After talking with Cherry, what reason does Pony finally give for the separation between the Greasers and the Socs?
What is
One feels nothing and the other too violently.
Why does Ponyboy Choose to write about his experience as a Greaser for his English assignment?
To tell the Greasers side of the story
or
It was assigned to him
What does Johnny tell Pony before he dies?
What is
"Stay gold"