Characters
This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home
Johnny Cade
Where is the novel set?
Oklahoma
This is the decade when The Outsiders takes place
1960s
This is why Johnny and Ponyboy go into the fire
they feel responsible for the fire and want to save the children
the two major groups in conflict in the book
Greasers and Socs
Johnny's last words to Ponyboy are this:
"Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold"
This is the protagonist in The Outsiders
Ponyboy
the name of the town Johnny and Ponyboy run away to
Windrixville
Give one of the 'slang' words the Greasers use, and explain its meaning
tuff, rumble, Greaser, Soc, heater, etc.
This is the book that Pony and Johnny read while hiding out
Gone With the Wind
what causes the Socs to attack the boys at the park
Pony and Johnny were with Cherry and Marcia and their boyfriends (Bob and Randy) were jealous
Who is Ponyboy talking about when he says: “He ain't a Soc… he's just a guy.”
He is talking about Randy
This greasers thinks of Ponyboy as a "tagalong" at the beginning of the novel
Steve Randle
where Sodapop works
the local gas station (The DX)
A major symbol that links Ponyboy and Cherry together is what?
they see the same sunset (AKA they live in the same world despite their different social classes)
Where did Ponyboy talk to Cherry for the first time?
At the drive-in movie
This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy about the Socs that he has a hard time believing
the Socs have it rough too
Cherry states "things are rough all over."
Finish the quote:
“If it hadn't been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what _________ and affection are.”
love
Cherry's surname?
Valance
This is the name of the mountain where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out in Windrixville
Jay Mountain
The author of The Outsiders is ?
S.E Hinton
Dally gives Ponyboy this, which ends up saving him later when he's in a fire.
His leather jacket
What Cherry and Ponyboy say is the real difference between the Socs and Greasers
that Socs don't feel anything, and greasers feel too much
Finish the quote:
“Dally had spent three years on the wild side of ______ ________ and had been arrested at the age of ten. He was tougher than the rest of us - tougher, colder, meaner.”
This is the name of Darry's former friend who threw the first punch during the rumble.
Paul Holden
Where does Dally die?
In the vacant lot, under a street light
What poem is a major metaphor in the novel, and who wrote it?
'Nothing Gold can Stay' by Robert Frost
Where did Soda's girlfriend Sandy move to?
Florida, to live with her grandparents
Why does Randy not take part in the rumble?
He believes nothing will change between the Greasers and Socs because of it, and he no longer wants to fight
Finish the quote:
“He died _____________ and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.”
violent