Characters
Ponyboy's middle brother who dropped out of school
Sodapop Curtis
The reason that Bob died
The members of the gang who die
Johnny and Dally
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
Johnny Cade
The author of The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
One of the members of the gang; doesn't take anything seriously, gave Dally his switchblade.
Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews
Where Johnny and Ponyboy go after Bob died
To see Dally at Buck Merrill's house
The winners of the rumble
The greasers
"Things are rough all over."
Cherry Valance
Why Ponyboy wrote The Outsiders
For his English teacher
One of the members of the gang; Soda's best friend, doesn't like Ponyboy very much
Steve Randle
The reason there were children around the abandoned church before the fire
A school picnic
Ponyboy fell off his motorcycle
"Oh, damnit Johnny, don't die, please don't die..."
Dallas Winston
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Soda's ex-girlfriend who moved to Florida
Sandy
What Marcia and Cherry do with the cokes that Dally gets them
Marcia drinks hers and Cherry throws hers in Dally's face
The person Ponyboy (temporarily) thought killed Bob
Ponyboy
"He kept trying to make someone say 'No' and they never did. They never did. That was what he wanted."
Randy Adderson
Soda's choice in breakfast
Chocolate milk, chocolate cake, and eggs with grape jelly
Jerry Wood
The name and author of the poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
The reasons Soda ran away when Ponyboy and Darry were fighting
He didn't want them to fight and he got a letter back from Sandy that hadn't been opened
"Get smart and nothing can touch you."
Dallas Winston
Johnny leaves this book for Ponyboy
Gone With the Wind