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Basic Facts
100

Narrator of the story

Ponyboy Curtis

100

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

Darry

100

The place where Johnny kills Bob

The park

100

This event caused Darry to hit Ponyboy.

Ponyboy came home late from sleeping in the park.

100

This is the name for the wealthy gang

Soc/Socials

200

Red-headed Soc who works as a spy

Cherry Valance

200

"Things are rough all over."

Cherry Valance

200

Ponyboy gets jumped here in the first chapter. This is where the gang goes to watch movies

Nightly Double

200

This event caused Johnny to stab Bob.

The Socs were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain

200

True or False: Ponyboy's parents are alive and well.

False - they died in a car wreck

300

Character who dies from third degree burns and a broken back

Johnny Cade

300

"You know what a Greaser is? White trash with long hair."

Bob

300

This is the decade during which The Outsiders is set

1960's

300

This event caused Johnny to have a broken back and third degree burns.

The abandoned church going on fire and Johnny saving the kids.

300

This is the author of The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

400

Soc that Ponyboy talks to at the Tasty Freeze

Randy

400

"Can you see the sunset real good from the West side?"

Ponyboy

400

This is the city and state the novel takes place

Tulsa, Oklahoma

400

This is the quote/advice Johnny says to Ponyboy before he dies in Chapter 9

"Stay Gold"

400

This is the title of the book Ponyboy reads while at the abandoned church

Gone with the Wind

500

This person is Cherry's friend who goes to the movies with her

Marcia

500

“Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you … he don’t mean nothin’. He’s just got more worries than somebody his age ought to. Don’t take him serious…you dig?"

Sodapop

500

This is where the abandoned church is located

Jay Mountain

500

This event causes Dally to die.

Dally takes out his gun after robbing a store and gets shot by the police.

500

The author of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Robert Frost