The Outsiders #1
What character comes from an abusive/neglectful home and is frightened throughout the novel?
Johnny Cade
Who is the narrator in the story?
Ponyboy Curtis
What words could you use to describe Ponyboy?
Kind, Loyal, Different (not the typical greaser) etc...
Why do Johnny and Ponyboy go into the fire?
They wanted to rescue the children.
What causes the Socs to attack the boys at the park?
Pony and Johnny were with Cherry and Marcia
What is the name of the mountain where Ponyboy and Johnny are hiding?
Jay Mountain
What does Cherry tell Ponyboy about the Socs that he has a hard time believing?
That despite their social class, the Socs have it rough too. Cherry states that "things are rough all over".
What gives Johnny the most pain in his life?
Johnny has two major problems that make him miserable: feeling unwanted and unloved by parents, and being jumped by the Socs, who have already given him a severe beating before.
What happened to Ponyboy's parents?
They died in a car crash.
What do Cherry and Ponyboy say is the real difference between the Socs and Greasers?
That socs are void of emotion, while the greasers often feel too violently.
Cherry states, "You're more emotional. We're sophisticated—cool to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us". And Pony agrees stating, "It's not money, it's feeling—you don't feel anything and we feel too violently".
Who are Ponyboys' brothers?
Darry and Sodapop
What are the names of the boys in the Greaser gang?
Ponyboy, SodaPop, Darry, Johnny, Dally, Steve, Two-Bit.
What point-of-view/perspective is the novel written in.
First-person.
What were Johnny's last words?
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..." (p178).
Who is the author of the novel?
S.E Hinton
What is the name of the place where Johnny and Ponyboy run away to?
Windrixville?
Where does Sodapop work?
Warfare between the Socs and Greasers is going on because of...?
Social Class
Dally gives Johnny and Ponyboy these 3 locations to help them get away/hideout.
(1)Windrixville (2)Jay Mountain (3)The Abandoned Church
What is Cherry's last name?
Vallance
What does Johnny compare Dally to?
a gallant Southern Gentleman
What does "nothing gold can stay" mean?
It means that nothing precious lasts forever - that all good things must come to an end.