The Novel
The Outsiders Details
The Outsiders Ch. 1
The Outsiders Ch. 2
About the Characters
100

This is the author of The Outsiders

Who is S.E. Hinton

100

This is what Mustangs and Corvairs are examples of

What are cars

100

These are two character traits you could use to describe Ponyboy

What are Kind, Loyal, Smart, Sensitive, Brave, Perceptive, Naïve

100

These are the two girls that Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the Nightly Double

Who are Cherry and Marcia

100

This is the character who has the responsibility of being a father in Ponyboy's home

Who is Darry

200

This is the point-of-view The Outsiders is written in

What is first-person point of view

200

This is one trademark "look" the Greasers are known for

What is long hair that is slicked back

Also acceptable: worn clothing, jeans, leather jackets

200

This is the biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life 

What is feeling unwanted and unloved by parents

Also acceptable: being jumped by the Socs for no reason

200

This is Cherry's last name

Valence

200

This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home



Who is Johnny Cade

300

This character is the narrator of the story

Who is Ponyboy Curtis

300

This is what the name Socs is short for

What is the Socials

300

These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers

Who are Darry and Sodapop

300

This character stands up for Cherry at the drive-in movies

Who is Johnny

300

This character was arrested at age 10

Who is Dally

400

This is the setting of The Outsiders

What is 1960's, Oaklahoma

400

This is what the word "fuzz" is slang for

What is the police

400

This is the youngest member of the greasers is

Who is Ponyboy

400

This is why Cherry and Marcia left their boyfriends at the movie

What is their boyfriends wanted to drink and they did not

400

This where Sodapop and Steve work

What is the local gas station (The DX)

500

This is why there is conflict between the Socs and Greasers 

What is Social Class (those with power & money and those without)

Also acceptable: What is the Socs are jerks. Plain and simple. 

500

This is what the slang word -cooler means

What is jail

500

This is who jumps Ponyboy after he leaves the movie theater.

Who are the Socs

500

This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy after hearing about Johnny's beating by the Socs

What is that Socs have troubles too

500

These are three things that Two-Bit is known for

What are his sense of humor, his switchblade, and shoplifting