Characters
The character who loves to watch sunsets.
Who is Ponyboy?
Ponyboy's theme that he wrote for his English teacher.
What is 'The Outsiders'?
The title of the poem in the novel.
What is 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'?
Switchblade
What is a pocket knife?
Decade in which 'The Outsiders' is set.
What is the 1960s?
He has a rough home life and is the gang's "pet."
Who is Johnny?
The biggest fight in greaser/Soc history.
What is the rumble?
Recites the poem in the novel.
Who is Ponyboy?
Heater
What is a handgun?
The author of 'The Outsiders.'
Who is S.E. Hinton?
He had a hard life, no family, and regularly got into trouble with the law.
Who is Dally?
Cause of Ponyboy and Johnny running away.
What is Johnny killed Bob?
Where they are when the poem is recited and discussed.
What is the church at Jay Mountain?
Tuff
What is cool or sharp?
Age of the author when the book was written.
What is 16 years old?
The Soc that befriends Ponyboy and Johnny.
Who is Cherry?
Reason Randy does not want to fight in the rumble.
What is because he is sick of fighting and says it doesn't solve anything?
The first line of the poem.
What is 'Nature's first green is gold'?
Hood
What is a person who gets in trouble or acts in a criminal way?
The two main gangs in 'The Outsiders.'
Who are the greasers and the Socs?
Ponyboy's oldest brother.
Who is Darry?
Reason Johnny ends up in the hospital.
What is because he was badly burned after saving kids from the fire?
The theme from the poem.
What is nothing stays innocent forever?
Brawn
What is muscle or strength?
Movie start mentioned on the first AND last page of the novel.
Who is Paul Newman?