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Socs v. Greasers
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100
These are Ponyboy's older brothers.
Who are Darry and Soda?
100
This is where the Greasers first meet Cherry and Marcia in the novel.
What is the drive-in?
100

This is what Greasers and Socs call a gang fight.

What is a rumble?

100
This is a type of car that a Soc would drive.
What is a Mustang or Corvair?
100

This is the name of a horse that Sodapop used to love.

Who is Mickey Mouse.

200
This character helped Ponyboy and Johnny get away to the church.
Who is Dally Winston?
200
What happens to Ponyboy on his walk home in the first chapter.
What is getting jumped and then rescued by the Greasers?
200

What does sagely mean in context? I touched my cheek gingerly. "Really?" Two-Bit nodded sagely. "Nice cut, too. Makes you look tough" (11).

Wisely

200

This group, in general, does better in school and is loved by the public.

Who are the Socs?

200
This is the name of the book Ponyboy reads in the church.
What is Gone with the Wind?
300
This is the leader of another Greasers gang.
Who is Tim Shepard?
300

Why Ponyboy and Johnny run away to the park the night Bob is killed.

What is Ponyboy getting in a fight with Darry, who hits him?

300
This word means brave, and it describes how Johnny thinks of Dally.
What is gallant?
300

What is the main difference between Greasers and Socs?

Greasers feel too much, Socs feel too little.

300
This city is where Dally used to live.
Where is New York?
400
This Soc decides to become a spy for the Greasers.
Who is Cherry Valance?
400
What Ponyboy and Johnny are doing when Ponyboy thinks about the 'nothing gold can stay' poem.
What is watching the sun rise?
400
Another way to say, "You understand?" or "You cool?"
What is "savvy" or "you dig"?
400

This is what Cherry says about the Socs when it comes to displaying emotion.

What is "acting cool to the point of not feeling anything at all"?

400
This is the age S.E. Hinton was when she wrote The Outsiders.
What is 16?
500

This is the name of Sodapop's girlfriend.

Who is Sandy?

500
When at the Dairy Queen, Johnny shares that he's decided to do this.
What is turn himself in?
500
This word means to have a feeling about what's going to happen in the future.
What is premonition?
500

Why were Bob and Randy out looking for a fight the night Bob dies?

Ponyboy and Johnny were with their girlfriends


500
This is the actor Ponyboy was thinking about in the first line of the book.
Who is Paul Newman?