Characters
Themes
Plot
Vocabulary
Setting
100

Pet of the Gang

Who is Johnny?

100

Much like the Yankees and Red Sox, the on-going feud between the Greasers and Socs represents this theme

What is a rivalry

100

Johnny trembles at the sight of this jewelry one particular Soc wears?

What are rings?

100

A fine, plain woven shirt or dress fabric in plaid.

What is madras?

100

Cherry and Marcia meet Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny at this

What is the the movie theater?

200

Smart but no common sense

Who is Ponyboy

200

This theme is evident when the reader understands that Dally and Cherry can never be together

What is forbidden love

200

Because Ponyboy admires Sodapop, he does not like to refer to Soda as this which means to leave school early

What is a dropout

200

Slang the Greasers use for jail

What is cooler?

200

Johnny and Ponyboy fall asleep gazing at the stars here

What is the vacant lot or park?

300

Wisecracker and Shoplifter

Who is Two-Bit

300

The rumble, the fights, the negative comments, and the murder all represent this continuous theme

What is violence

300

Due to technological advances, Cherry can no longer throw Coke in Dally's face at this type of viewing area--the place where Johnny and Ponyboy met Cherry and Marcia

What is a drive-in movie (Nightly Double)

300

A term used for a woman, somewhat offensive

What is broad?

300

Dally crashes at this cowboy's roadhouse

Who is Buck Merrill?

400

Toughest and Meanest of the Greasers

Who is Dally?

400

The relationship between Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry Curtis signifies this theme

What is family

400

"Reeling pickled" refers to the behavior of the Socs when this major event occurred

What is Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped by Socs and the socs were "drunk"

400

Beat up, to assault.

What is jumped?

400
What state is the setting of The Outsiders?

What is Oklahoma?

500

Hardworking head of the house

Who is Darry?

500

The Greasers and the Socs, both groups of friends much like the Plastics in Mean Girls, symbolize this theme

What are cliques

500

The name of the town, not the mountain, where Pony and Johnny "hide out"

What is Windrixville?

500

to understand, to like

What is dig?

500

The side of town where the Socs live

What is the West Side?