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200

Where do Johnny and Ponyboy run off to?

Windrixville

200

Name 2 Dynamic and Round characters.

Many answers

200

What stage of the hero's journey is the event that leads to the biggest challeng of the novel?

The Approach of the Innermost Cave.

200

“You don’t know what a few months in jail can do to you, man.”

Dally

200

Who is the Threshold Guardian archetype

Bob

400

What event causes Ponyboy to have a concussion?

The Rumble

400

What is the literary term for two characters that show the opposite elements of each other by interacting?

Foil.
400

What is the name of the stage that begins the characters way back to the Ordinary World again?

The Road Back
400

“You can’t win, even if you whip us. You’ll still be where you were before – at the bottom.”

Randy

400

What started the fire at the church?

We don't know

600

Who is harmed most by Ponyboy and Darry fighting?

Sodapop.

600

What is the Setting of the novel?

Tulsa Oklahoma 1960's

600

Which stage of the hero's journey is best described as the Essay of The Outsiders?

The Return with the Elixir.

600

“That’s why people don’t ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around – half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I’ve heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean – but people usually go by looks.”

Ponyboy

600

Who is Keith Matthews in the novel?

Two Bit

800

What Job does Darry have?

Roofer

800

What is the kind of narration of the novel?

First Person

800

What was the reward Ponyboy received after enduring the Ordeal?

Depression

800

“We’re all we have left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything. If you don’t have anything, you end up like Dallas…and I don’t mean dead, either. I mean like he was before. And that’s worse than dead. Please—he wiped his eyes on his arm—don’t fight anymore.”


Sodapop

800

Name a flat and Dynamic character in The Outsiders.

It's not possible to have a flat and dynamic character.

1000

What is the name of the teacher who asks Ponyboy to write the essay that becomes the book?

Mr. Syme

1000

Name five core themes of the novel.

Many answers.

1000

Who is looked at as the Mentor for the meeting, the mentor stage?

Johnny

1000

He kept trying to make someone say 'No' and they never did.

Randy

1000

What word was used to describe Dally as he turned around in the spotlight with a look of grim triumph on his face after being shot?

Gallant.