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"You get hard in jail. I don't want that to happen to you like it happened to ME." Who said it?
Dally
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What does it mean to be in an "elite" group?
Privileged or higher social class.
100
In Chapter 1 what happens to Ponyboy?
He is jumped by a group of Socs walking home from the movies.
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Who wrote The Outsiders?
S.E. Hinton
100
Who does Cherry say she could fall in love with?
Dally
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Who are Ponyboy's brothers?
Sodapop and Darry
200
What is gallantly and aloofness?
Brave and coldness or distant
200
Who do Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny meet at the drive-in (2 people)?
Cherry and Marcia
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How old was the author when she wrote The Outsiders?
16 years old
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What does Johnny do to Bob?
Kills him
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Who in the group gets beat by his dad and is the pet of the gang?
Johnny
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What is a premonition?
a feeling of anticipation or anxiety over a future event
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Why does Ponyboy decide to run away in Chapter 3?
Darry hits him when he comes home late.
300
What memory does S.E Hinton cherish most from filming The Outsiders movie?
Hanging out with "my boys."
300
Who wrote the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
Robert Frost
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Who has red hair and acts as a spy for the group later in the novel?
Cherry
400
Daily Double: What kind and color car were the Socs in when they jumped Ponyboy? How many Socs were there?
Reed Corvair and four
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What does Bob try to do to Ponyboy in Chapter 4?
Drown him.
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S.E. Hinton had writer's block after writing The Outsiders. What is writer's block?
Being uninspired to write.
400
What happens to the church?
It burns down.
500
How does Johnny and Ponyboy disguise themselves? What does Ponyboy do specifically?
They both cut their greasy hair and Ponyboy bleaches his hair.
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What is bewilderment?
a confused state of being
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Where do Ponyboy and Johnny run away to after he gets slapped? After the "big incident?" And after they go see Dally?
The park. Buck Merrill's place. In an abandoned church.
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Why did the author use a pen name?
Publishers thought that if there were a woman's name on the book teenage boys would be unlikely to read it.
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What happens to Johnny in Chapter 6?
After saving the children from the burning church he is hit with a burning piece of timber.