Foreshadowing gives clues to the reader to events that will happen later in the story.
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What is the first and last name of the narrator of the story?
Ponyboy Curtis
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Where does the stabbing of Bob take place?
Bob is stabbed near the fountain in the park.
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Define "Tuff"
cool, sharp
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Ponyboy said that money is what makes Socs and Greasers different. Cherry Valance disagreed. What did she say made them different?
She said it was feelings. Greasers were more sensitve than Socs and Socs can never show their feelings.
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what is a theme?
the message or main idea of the story
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explain in what ways dally and bob are similiar
they both had parents who did not care for them in the correct way. neither parents cared what they did.
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What does Dally tell Ponyboy and Johnny to do after Johnny stabs Bob?
Hop a train to Windrixville to hide out at an old, abandoned church.
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What word mean to cold and distant
aloof
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What are Johnny's dying words to Ponyboy?
Stay Gold.
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what is an example of a theme in the novel
appearance vs. reality- ponyboy and cherry both show that the greasers and socs misunderstan each other
friendship- the Curtis's door is always open to the greasers in the neighborhood
identity- ponyboy and cherry both have characteristics that do not fit with their group
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Name two similarities about how people will remember Johnny and Dally.
they both died tragic deaths
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who is the spy for the socials
cherry valance
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Which group is described as aloof?
The Socials
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What does Robert Frost try to teach us in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
That things are innocent, fresh, new, beautiful at first, but that nothing can stay that way forever. Everything must change.
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give an example of foreshadowing in the story
ponyboy says that things could not get any worse after the fight between him and Darry
ponyboy says the church could burn down if they did not put the cigarettes out
400
Name two characters who changed during the novel and explain how and why they changed.
Johnny and Ponyboy...correct.
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Dally says, "It ain't a ________________________ without me!" What word/event goes in this blank?
rumble
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What is a word that means showing a feeling of dislike?
contemptuous
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What does Johnny mean when he tells Ponyboy to "Stay Gold"? (Hint: He explains in the letter at the end of the story.)
page 178
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what is the climax of the story?
the rumble between the socials and the greasers
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Explain how Ponyboy and Cherry realized that they had something in common. (Hint: It's something that is visible to all.)
They both see the same sunset, Cherry from the West side and Ponyboy from the East side. This is when they realize that Socs and Greasers have more in common than they realize.
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Place the following events in chronological order: - Johnny and Ponyboy meet the Soc girls at the movies. -Johnny is jumped by some Socs who beat him almost to death. -Bob is stabbed in the park. -Ponyboy writes his theme paper for his English teacher. -Ponyboy is jumped on his way home from the movies.
-Johnny is jumped by some Socs who beat him almost to death. -Ponyboy is jumped on his way home from the movies. -Johnny and Ponyboy meet the Soc girls at the movies. -Bob is stabbed in the park. -Ponyboy writes his theme paper for his English teacher.
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Which character can best be described with the word "contemptuous"?
Dally Winston
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how does stereotypes relate to the theme of The Outsiders
both groups had stereotypes about each other. they placed everyone in a group because of how they looked and the neighborhood they lived in.However, not everyone fit those stereotypes such as ponyboy and cherry