Characters 1
Was a spy for the greasers
Cherry
Couldn't handle the fighting between his brothers
Soda
The setting of the story (City, State, and year)
Tulsa Oklahoma, 1960s
This is why Pony lies and says he killed Bob instead of Johnny
If Pony killed Bob, then Johnny would still be alive.
Johnny idolizes and looks up to this person
Dally
True or False: Pony writes the story of The Outsiders
True
The youngest Curtis brother
Ponyboy
Shot by the police and died
Dally
According to Randy, this is why Bob got into so much trouble
His parents gave in to him too much and he was looking for attention.
This motivated Johnny to stab Bob
David was drowning Ponyboy and the others were going to beat up Johnny.
Stay gold means this
Stay young/innocent
Ponyboy is coming home from here when the story starts
The movies
Works hard to keep his family together
Darry
His prize possession is a stolen switch blade
Two-Bit
Greasers: Emotional, tough, like Elvis, poor
Socs: Cool to the point they don't feel anything, rich, like The Beatles
Both: All have problems, watch the same sunset
True or false: You can't trust adults is a theme for the story
False
Ponyboy gets a concussion because
A Soc kicked him in the head during the rumble
True or false: In his note, Johnny tells Pony it was not worth saving the kids
His parents never said "no" to him
Bob
The greasers would be okay without anyone besides him
Johnny
Dally does this to make the police shoot him
He points an unloaded gun at the officers
Dally takes Johnny's loss so hard because
Johnny was the only person in the world he had ever loved
This makes Ponyboy realize the Socs in the park are the same ones as those that beat Johnny up before
The rings on the Bob's hand
They're just people with problems like the greasers
Works at a gas station with one of the Curtis brothers
Steve
Skipped the rumble because he knew fighting was pointless
Randy
This is why Two-Bit is relieved to see Pony picking up the broken glass in Chapter 12
He was worried that Pony was getting hardened like Dally.
This is why Darry is afraid to call the cops when Ponyboy didn’t come home on time
Ponyboy might get thrown into a boy’s home.
The Socs will do this if the greasers win the rumble
Stay out of the East side
Pony feels this way about Darry through most of the book
He feels like he can never please him