Cat
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Who is Johnny Cade
This character is the narrator of the story
Who is Ponyboy Curtis
This character is the oldest member of the Curtis family who struggles to keep the family together
Who is Darry
This is why Johnny and Ponyboy go into the church while it is up in flames
What is to rescue the trapped children
This is what causes the Socs to attack Ponyboy and Johnny at the park
What is Ponyboy and Johnny were with their girlfriends, Cherry and Marcia
This is the name of the mountain where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out
What is Jay Mountain
This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy about the Socs that he has a hard time believing
What is "things are rough all over."
This is the biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life
What is feeling unwanted and unloved by parents
This is the name of the character who writes the letter that Ponyboy finds at the end of the novel
Who is Johnny
This is the book that Pony and Johnny read while hiding out and again while Johnny is in the hospital
What is Gone With the Wind
This happened to Ponyboy's parents
What is they died in a car crash
This is what Cherry and Ponyboy say is the real difference between the Socs and Greasers
What is that Socs don't feel anything, and greasers feel too much
This character is the leader of a wild gang of greasers from Brumley; brother Curly was in the reformatory
Who is Tim Shepher
This is the message of the letter that Ponyboy finds at the end of the novel
To stay good, stay gold, and don't become hard.
This is what gallant means and which character was described as being gallant
What is heroic/brave and Dally
This is the point-of-view from which The Outsiders is written
What is first person point-of-view
These are Johnny's last words to Ponyboy
What is "Stay gold, Ponyboy."
This is the author of The Outsiders
S.E Hinton
This is what Ponyboy decided to write as his theme (essay) for English class
What is the story of The Outsiders
This is the conflict that kicks off the entire rising action of the story (called the inciting incident)
This is why there is warfare between the Socs and greasers
What is Social Class (those with power & money and those without)
This is the character who says "You can't win. You know that, don't you? It doesn't matter if you whip us, you'll still be where you were before, at the bottom."
Who is Randy
This is the reason for and the result of the court hearing at the end of the novel
What is to determine the guilt of Bob's murderer(s) and decide if the Curtis brothers will be split up. What is Ponyboy is acquitted and the brothers stay together.
This is a recurring topic which comes up throughout the story; Cherry and Ponyboy both talk about this topic and how it reminds them that their worlds aren't that different after all
What are sunsets
What does "nothing gold can stay" mean?
What is that nothing precious lasts forever - that all good things must come to an end