The Outsiders (1)
Where is Ponyboy at the start of the novel?
What is walking home from the movie house.
What does Johnny do when Dallas won't leave the girls alone?
What is he tells Dally to stop.
Why does Darry hit Ponyboy at the end of chapter 3?
What is Ponyboy fell asleep in the lot, came home late, then yelled at Darry for yelling at Sodapop.
“He gets drunk on just plain living. And he understands everybody” (Hinton 8).
Soda
This is an example of which Notice and Note Signpost?
“For the first time, it occurred to me that maybe my mother’s leaving had nothing whatsoever to do with me” (Walk Two Moons).
Aha Moment
What are Ponyboy's brother's names?
What is Sodapop and Darry.
What was the name of Sodapop's horse?
What is Mickey Mouse.
Why is Sherri Valance called "Cherry?"
What is because of her red hair.
“He could lift a hubcap quicker and more quietly than anyone in the neighborhood, but he also knew cars upside-down and backward” (Hinton 9).
Steve Randle
This is an example of which Notice and Note Signpost?
“Leave it to Byron to torture kids at school all day long and never have his conscience bother him but to feel sorry for hurting a little grayish-brown bird” (The Watson’s Go to Birmingham).
Contrast and Contradiction
What happened to Ponyboy, Soda and Darry's parents?
What is they were killed in an automobile accident.
What could Ponyboy never use in a fight?
What is a broken pop bottle or any weapon.
What are Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends names?
Randy and Bob
“If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers” (Hinton 11).
Johnny Cade
Which Notice and Note Signpost is this an example of?
"How do you know that someone didn't make Mom go to Idaho?” "Sal. Your mother went because she wanted to go." "We should have stopped her." "A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person” (Walk Two Moons).
Words of the Wiser
Why were Cherry and Marcia by themselves at the movies?
What is their boyfriends were drinking too much so they left them.
Where did Ponyboy fall asleep with Johnny before going home?
vacant parking lot.
What does Cherry say that she hates?
I was described as tougher, colder, and meaner than the other Greasers.
Dally
Which Notice and Note Signpost is this an example of?
“I am alone now. I am all that is left of my family…’ His father, who had sent him to school, brought him treats, and trusted him to take care of the herd…His mother…His brothers and sisters…He would never see them again. ‘How can I go on without them? But how can I not go on? They would want me to survive” (A Long Walk to Water).
Tough Question or Memory Moment
What does Dallas do once he is in the drive-in?
What is he starts to look for trouble, finds two girls and begins talking dirty to them.
What did Cherry tell Ponyboy she would do if she ever saw Dally again?
Fall in love with him
Why must Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy stay out of trouble and behave?
So the brothers can stay together
“I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything, but I don't use my head” (Hinton 4).
Pony
This is an example of which Notice and Note Signpost?
"If you don't want it, Morris," said the other, "give it to me." "I won't," said his friend, doggedly. "I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again like a sensible man." The other shook his head and examined his new possession closely. "How do you do it?" he inquired. "Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud," said the sergeant-major, "but I warn you of the consequences." "Sounds like the Arabian Nights," said Mrs. White, as she rose and began to set the supper. "Don't you think you might wish for four pairs of hands for me?" Her husband drew the talisman from pocket, and then all three burst into laughter as the sergeant-major, with a look of alarm on his face, caught him by the arm. "If you must wish," he said, gruffly, "wish for something sensible."
Words of the Wiser