About the Book
Characters
Vocabulary
Chapter Questions
Slang
100

The setting of The Outsiders?

Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

100

Ponyboy’s oldest brother

Darry

100

worshiped, greatly admired

idolized

100

What happens in the park and why?

Johnny kills Bob to stop the Socs from drowning Ponyboy.

100

The Fuzz 

Police

200

The two rival gangs/clubs of The Outsiders?

The Greasers and Socs

200

The joker of the Greasers

Two-Bit

200

a useful object

asset

200

What happens at the church?

Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally save kids from the church fire.

200

a greaser

long hair, a hood, poor

300

The narrator of The Outsiders?

Ponyboy

300

One of the boys who tried to drown Ponyboy?

Bob

300

 a young person who commits a crime

delinquent

300

What should Bob’s parents have done differently according to Randy?

His parents should’ve told him no.

300

The Socs

West Side Rich kids, always jumping greasers

400

Author of the The Outsiders?

S.E. Hinton

400

Killed by police?

Dally

400

competition

rivalry

400

What are the last two things Johnny says to Ponyboy before he dies?

“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold”

400

a heater

gun

500

What is the major conflict of The Outsiders?

The Greasers vs. The Socs

500

Soc spy

Cherry

500

swerved

veered

500

What happens to Dally and why?

Dally gets shot by the police because he wanted to die after losing Johnny.

500

cancer stick

cigarette

600

What does "Nothing gold can stay" mean? 

It means that nothing precious lasts forever--that all good things must come to an end.

600

"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold"

Johnny

600

brave or heroic act or person

gallant

600

What does Ponyboy decide to write about for his English assignment?

The story of the greasers called, “The Outsiders”.

600

cooler 

jail