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100

Full name of the book's narrator

Ponyboy Curtis

100

"...I had two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."

Ponyboy Curtis

100

The place where Johnny kills Bob

What is the park/fountain

100
This happened right after Darry slapped Ponyboy for getting home late
What is Ponyboy ran away from home
100
"Socs" is short for what?
"Socials" or "Social set"
200

Full name of the red-headed Soc

Cherry Valance

200

"Oh, Pony, I thought we'd lost you...like we did Mom and Dad..."

Darry Curtis

200

Ponyboy gets jumped in front of this in the first chapter

What is the movie theater

200
This is what caused Johnny to kill Bob
What is the Socs were drowning Ponyboy
200
In the book, what is a "weed"?

Cigarette

300

Full name of the character who dies from a broken back

Johnny Cade

300
"You know what a Greaser is? White trash with long hair."
Who is Bob Sheldon
300
This is where Ponyboy meets Cherry
What is the drive-in theater
300

Pony does this as he and Johnny watch the sunrise

Recite poetry

300

The author was this age when she wrote The Outsiders

16

400

Full name of Ponyboy's oldest brother

Darry Curtis

400
"Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many things I ain't seen."
Who is Johnny Cade
400

Ponyboy is forced to report here toward the end of the book

Courthouse/Juvenile court
400

This causes Pony to go unconscious at the church fire

Dally hits him to put out the fire on his clothing

400

The book is set in this decade

1960s

500

Full name of the character who's prize possession is a 10-inch switch blade

Two-Bit Matthews

500
"Just don't forget some of us watch the same sunset."
Who is Cherry Valance
500

This is the town that Ponyboy and Johnny run away to

Windrixville

500

This event pushes Dally over the edge

Johnny's death

500

The author of the book

S.E. Hinton