Characters
Narrator of the story
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
It is the pride of the Greasers and would help you identify a Greaser on the street
What is the symbolic meaning of Greasers' long, greasy hair?
The place where Johnny kills Bob
What is the park?
Rumble
What a slang word for street fight?
This is the decade during which The Outsiders is set
What are the 1960s?
Red-headed female Soc who drives a red Sting Ray Corvette
Who is Cherry Valance?
They can be seen by Greasers and Socs alike
What is the symbolic meaning of sunsets and sunrises?
Ponyboy gets jumped in front of one in the first chapter
What is the movie theater?
Heater
What is a slang word for a gun?
This is the author of The Outsiders
Who is S.E. Hinton
Character who dies from a broken back near the end of the book
Who is Johnny Cade?
Freedom and mobility, especially for the Socs.
Who is the symbolic meaning of cars?
This is where Ponyboy meets Cherry
What is the drive-in theater?
Cancer stick
What is a slang word for a cigarette?
This is how old the author was when she wrote The Outsiders
What is sixteen years old?
Oldest of the Curtis brothers; roofs houses to earn money
Who is Darry Curtis?
It's a traditional symbol of wealth that is used by one character in the book for violence.
What the symbolic meaning of Bob's rings?
This is the town that Ponyboy and Johnny run away to
What is Windrixville?
the fuzz
What is a slang word for the police?
Graduation day from high school
When did the author receive a publishing contract for The Outsiders?
He has a goofy grin and his prize possession is a 10-inch switchblade
Who is Two-Bit?
Joy, toughness, and physicality without being violent
What is the symbolic meaning of horses?
Johnny and Ponyboy rescue children from this location
What is the burning church?
Broad
What is a slang word for a female?
This is the number of pages in The Outsiders
What is 180?