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How Observant Are You?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This is the youngest member of the greasers
Who is Ponyboy?
100
The reason Darry never when to college
What is - he stayed home, and got a job to support Soda and Ponyboy?
100
This is what happened to Ponyboy's parents
What is passed away in a car crash?
100
This is "the fuzz"
What is the police?
100
How would you describe something done "unceasingly"?
Continuously; without stopping
100
An allusion is...
Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.
100
The reason for the conflict throughout the book between the Socs and the greasers.
What is Social Class (those with power & money and those without)
100
The kind of building Johnny and Ponyboy hide-out in
What is a church?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This is the book that Ponyboy and Johnny read while hiding out
What is Gone With the Wind?
100
This is the point-of-view used to tell the story (first, second, third)
What is first person?
100
Name 2 things that are right outside Mr. Wilson's door on the wall.
Marker
White board
Room number and name plaque
Blue corkboard
Cross-country top times of the season
200
This is the wisecracker of the bunch
Who is Two-Bit?
200
This greaser thinks of Ponyboy as a "tagalong"
Who is Steve Randle?
200
This is what causes the Socs to attack the boys at the park
What is -Pony and Johnny were with Cherry and Marcia and their boyfriends (Bob and Randy) were jealous?
200
An "ornery" person is likely to be what?
Unpleasant, grumpy, sulky, moody
200
If I told you "ruefully" that I was late to work, how would I be saying it?
Sadly; with regret
200
"External conflict" is...
When a character struggles with a force that is outside of themselves.
200
This is the reason Johnny doesn't ask any questions when Ponyboys tell him they are going to run away
Johnny had been waiting to run away his whole life because of his abusive homelife.
200
Where is Dallas from?
New York City
200
This is what Ponyboy and Johnny eat at the church
What is baloney?
200
The author of The Outsiders is this person
Who is S.E Hinton?
200
Which superhero did Mr. Wilson dress up as earlier this year?
Superman.
300
This is the toughest guy in the greaser gang
Who is Dally?
300
This man was supposedly too big to fit through the window of the church
Who is Jerry Wood?
300
What happens after Cherry sees the blue Mustang for the first time?
Nothing
300
Use "heater" like a greaser would in a sentence
Answers will vary
300
If I had a "premonition", what did I just experience?
A prediction of the future
300
"Setting" is...
The time of day, period of history, place, and geographic location of a story.
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The biggest cause of pain in Johnny's life
Feeling unwanted and unloved by his parents
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This is the name of the mountain where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out in Windrixville
What is Jay Mountain?
300
Name one of the period (1960s) cars in the book and its color.
What are a bright red Corvette Sting Ray, a red Chevrolet Corvair, and a blue Ford Mustang?
300
This is the decade when The Outsiders takes place
When was the 1960s?
300
Double-Jeopardy
What used to be above the whiteboard on the far right?
A picture of a grey snowy mountain
400
Cherry's ex-boyfriend
Who is Bob Sheldon?
400
This is Cherry's last name
What is Valance?
400
Why did Sodapop cry all night long once?
His horse, Mickey Mouse, was taken away
400
If someone acts "vaguely", how are they behaving?
Confusingly; not clear; opaque
400
If my daughter wants a cracker, she will ask "imploringly". What does this mean?
She will beg for it
400
A "flashback" is...
A scene in a story, movie, or play that interrupts the chronological order to show a past event.
400
Ponyboy is a ______________ character, not a static one.
What is dynamic?
400
This is where Sodapop works
What is at the local gas station (The DX)?
400
What protects Ponyboy from both the cold on the train and the fire in the church?
Dally's jacket
400
This is how many chapters there are in The Outsiders
What is 12?
400
How many book covers are displayed on Mr. Wilson's door?
9
500
The sport Dally participated in. The only thing he was honest about.
What is horseracing? (or being a jockey)
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This is the celebrity that the Greasers idolize.
Who is Paul Newman?
500
Double Jeopardy:
What time is it when Ponyboy and Johnny are jumped?
2:30 am
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This is what "wistfully" means
What is dreamily, absentminded, longingly?
500
When a person is acting "sullenly," they are likely to be what?
Sad and gloomy
500
"Foreshadowing" is...
A literary technique that provides a clue or a hint of what is to come.
500
What Cherry says is the real difference between the Socs and Greasers
What is that Socs don't feel anything, and greasers feel too much?
500
This is the name of the town Johnny and Ponyboy run away to
What is Windrixville?
500
What is the significance of Darry's eye color?
Ponyboy hates people with green eyes
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The author's age when she published the novel
What is 16?
500
When is your next MAPS test? It is over a week; you must get one date in that week right.
December 9-13
600
Dally and Johnny's relationship is like this
Johnny idolizes Dally. Johnny is the only person or thing Dally ever loved.
600
Cherry says this before she leaves Ponyboy and it shocks him.
What is - "I could fall in love with Dallas Winston."
600
Put these events in order:
Ponyboy gets jumped
Two-Bit gets jumped
Johnny gets jumped
Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped while together
Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy go to Dairy Queen
1. Johnny gets jumped
2. Ponyboy gets jumped
3. Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped while together
4. Two-Bit gets jumped
5. Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy go to Dairy Queen
600
This is what gallant means, and a character who was described as being gallant. Must get both for points.
What is a heroic gentleman; Dally, Sodapop
600
A "drawl" in speech is characterized by what?
A slow, drawn-out voice
600
An "epiphany" is...
A sudden realization--a flash of recognition in which someone or something is seen in a new light.
600
Ponyboy feels sorry for Dally when Johnny asks if his parents missed him. The reason for this is...
Dally tried to be Johnny's "family" in Johnny's parents' place. However, Johnny would never look up to him as much as he did his parents, even though they beat him.
600
The house where Ponyboy and Johnny go immediately after Johnny kills Bob.
What is Buck Merrill's house?
600
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This is the kind of shirt fabric that Socs like to wear
What is madras?
600
What is a false dichotomy?
When you are presented with a choice between two options and you can actually have both.
600
(No Steals)
You may not turn around:
Name seven things on the painting hanging on Mr. Wilson's back wall.
Multiple answers
700
Who gets to Johnny first after he is jumped by the Socs in the vacant lot?
Sodapop
700
What is the name of Cherry's friend?
Marcia
700
How did Sodapop find out about Ponyboy and Johnny and where they were hiding?
He went to Buck Merrill's house and confronted Dally
700
How would you describe someone who is "incredulous"?
A person who refuses to believe in something
700
If a person behaves "nonchalantly," they are doing so in what way?
Indifferently, lazily
700
"Symbolism" is...
When something literal (concrete) is used represent something figurative (abstract).
700
This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy about the Socs that he has a hard time believing
Despite their social class, the Socs have it rough too
Cherry states "things are rough all over."
700
Put these locations in order by when Ponyboy arrives at them:
The church
The vacant lot when they found Johnny
The vacant lot when Johnny and Ponyboy fell asleep
Ponyboy's house
The drive-in
The movie theatre
1. The vacant lot where they found Johnny
2. The movie theatre
3. Ponyboy's house
4. The drive-in
5. The vacant lot where Johnny and Ponyboy fell asleep
6.The church
700
What does "the country" symbolize in The Outsiders?
Freedom; escape from the rules
700
What book is the month of October on Mr. Wilson's calendar?
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
700
What room number is Mr. Wilson's room?
108