The Outsiders #1
What does Johnny think Dally has never really seen?
A sunset
What is the point-of-view used to tell the story (first, second, third)?
First person
Two character traits you could use to describe Ponyboy are...
Kind, Loyal, Smart, Sensitive, Brave, Perceptive
(Ms Webster decides...)
Who is the youngest member of the greasers?
Ponyboy
Where does Sodapop work?
At the local gas station (The DX)
The author of The Outsiders is?
S.E Hinton
The name of the mountain where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out in Windrixville
Jay Mountain?
Dally gives Ponyboy this, which ends up saving him in the fire...
His leather jacket
The biggest cause of Johnny's pain in life
What is -feeling unwanted and unloved by parents
What is Cherry's last name?
Valance
What is the book that Pony and Johnny read while hiding out?
Gone With the Wind
In what decade does The Outsiders take place?
The 1960s
What happened to Ponyboy's parents?
They passed away in a car crash
The last words Johnny said to Ponyboy before he died?
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold. . . "
Name one of the 1960s cars in the book.
Sting Ray, Corvair, Mustang
What is the name of the town Johnny and Ponyboy get on the train to?
Windrixville
What do these slang words mean (you need to get all three right!): heater, cooler, weed
gun, jail, cigarettes
This Greaser thinks of Ponyboy as a "tagalong"
Steve Randle
What is the reason Darry never when to college?
He had to get a job to support Soda and Ponyboy
What does Cherry tell Ponyboy about the Socs that he has a hard time believing?
That is despite their social class, the Socs have it rough too
Cherry states "things are rough all over."
This man was supposedly too big to fit through the window of the church
Jerry Wood
Ponyboy was worried about _________ when he woke up from his concussion. (he had been delirious)
Whether he was asking for Darry as much as Sodapop when he was sick.
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
What sport did Dally participate in? (The only thing he was honest about)
Horseracing (or being a jockey)
What is the underlying source of conflict between the Socs and the Greasers?
Social Class (those with power & money and those without)
What does Cherry and Ponyboy think is the real difference between the Socs and Greasers?
That Socs don't feel anything, and greasers feel too much
What causes Sodapop to run away from his brothers towards the end of the book?
Pony and Darry arguing and putting Soda in the middle.
This is what happened to Soda's girlfriend Sandy
She moved to Florida to live with her grandparents while she had a baby
Johnny's thoughts regarding the meaning of the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
What is ". . you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day."
(This answer does not have to be the exact words - Ms Webster's call!)
This is the name of Darry's former friend who threw the first punch during the rumble.
Who is Paul Holden?