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100
This character is tow-headed.
What is Dally
100
What is Cherry's important quote that summarizes the main theme of the novel?
What is Things are rough all over.
100
What is the climax of the story?
When Dally is killed by the police.
100
Place the following events in order: The church fire Johnny kills a Soc Sandy leaves Soda Ponyboy goes to court
Johnny kills a Soc, the church fire, Sandy leaves Soda, and Ponyboy goes to court.
100
What is S.E. Hinton's first name?
Susan
200
This character is thought to be the wise-cracker amongst the greasers.
What is Two-Bit
200
Robert Frost's poem is used as a major theme in the novel. What are the first two lines of his poem?
Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold.
200
Describe an internal conflict suffered by Soda in the final chapter.
His girlfriend had a baby with another man and he is sick of being in the middle of fights between Darry and Ponyboy.
200
Dally asks for a blade while in the hospital. What does he later use it for?
He uses it to threaten his way in and out of the hospital.
200
Who is a paper shaker in the novel?
Cherry
300
Which two characters are described as gallant?
Johnny and Dally
300
Explain why the book is titled The Outsiders.
Everyone is an outsider. Ponyboy is an outsider amongst his own gang, the greasers are outsiders, Dally is different than his friends...everyone is an outsider.
300
The story is told through (1st / 2nd / 3rd) person point of view. The narrator (is / is not) omniscient.
1st person and not omniscient.
300
The trial rules in favor of the Curtis boys and they are not to be split up due to the murder. This part of the novel is considered to be... Exposition / Setting / Conflict / Rising Action / Climax / Falling Action
Falling action
300
What was Ponyboy's father's name?
Darrell - Darry is named after him.
400
He decides to leave town in order to avoid the rumble.
Randy
400
How is the sun used as a major symbol in the novel?
The sun is used to link the two groups, greasers and Socs, together. Cherry, Ponyboy, and Johnny all look up at the sun, which rises in the east and sets in the west. This matches the two sides that the greasers and Socs live in.
400
The setting is important to the story. In what city does the novel take place and during what decade?
Tulsa during the 1960s
400
What does Ponyboy do after he threatens the Socs with the broken bottle in the final chapter? What does this say about his character?
He picks up the broken pieces of glass so nobody will get a flat tire. This proves that he is still a good person at heart.
400
What kind of car is driven by the Socs that beat up Ponyboy in the first chapter?
A corvair
500
Who was Two-Bit's girlfriend?
What is Kathy.
500
What is the title of the novel Johnny and Ponyboy read and what why did S.E. Hinton choose to include it in the novel?
Gone with the Wind: the novel is about the North vs the South and symbolizes the struggles of greaser and Soc.
500
S.E. Hinton is credited with helping to start a new genre of literature in America when this book was first published. What do we call this genre today?
What is teen fiction or young adult literature.
500
Johnny waits to hear something very specific from Dally and Ponyboy before he finally gives in and dies. What does he hold out to hear?
He waits to hear Dally say that he is proud of him. After this, he gives in and dies.
500
Even though they sneak into the drive-in movie, how much did it cost to get into a movie in 1967?
$.25