The Outsiders - Chapters 9 and 10
Characters
The Outsiders - Book Review with Chapters 11 & 12
The rest of the book
Literary Elements
100

Another name for a gun.

What is a heater.

100

This character has red hair and says that she might fall in love with Dally if she sees him again.

Who is Cherry Valance?

100

This Soc visited Ponyboy when he was recovering.

Who is Randy?

100

What daily occurrence do both Cherry and Ponyboy watch with wonder?

What are sunsets?

100

This town is the setting of The Outsiders?

What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?

200

Darry used to be best buds with 'this guy' and were on the same football team.

Who is Paul Holden?

200

This character comes from a dysfunctional home where he is regularly abused and neglected.

Who is Johnny Cade?

200

Ponyboy would not come to terms with Johnny's death while he was recovering from this medical condition.

What is a concussion?

200

The name of the poem that Ponyboy recites at the church in Windrixville.

What is Nothing Gold Can Stay?

200

What part of the story arc or plot summary is the event when Johnny kills Bob?

What is the inciting incident?

300

This gang won the Rumble.

Who are the Greasers?

300
This character carries a 10" switchblade with him everywhere he goes.

Who is Two-Bit?

300

We find out in the last lines of the book that the novel is part of what English class assignment?

What is Ponyboy's theme?

300

She played both sides of the gang rivalry, spying for the Greasers.

Who is Cherry Valance?

300

The gangs have what sort of conflict in The Outsiders?

What is a rivalry? 

400

Dally got a police escort because he told the officer that Ponyboy fell off his ___________.

What is his motorcycle?

400

This character gives his life because he has lost everything when Johnny dies.

Who is Dally?

400

In the trial about Bob's death, Ponyboy is found...

What is Not Guilty?

400

The type of person that Johnny and Ponyboy are considered before they save the kids in the fire, and the type of person that they are considered after they save the kids in the fire. 

Two different words.

What are hoods and heros?

400

What saddest point of the story is the climax in The Outsiders?

What is Johnny's death?

500

The gang who did not run away during the Rumble was the _______?

What is the Winner?

500

This character has sacrificed his whole future to take care of his brothers.

Who is Darry?

500

Johnny says: "Like the way you dig _______, Pony. That’s gold."

What are sunsets?

500

Ponyboy broke this when the Socs threatened him outside the soda shop.

What is a glass soda bottle?

500

In S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders, the author suggests that the big idea of the story is that: sometimes we must defy expectations for the sake of individuality.  

In the claim above, what literary device is the writer addressing?

What is the theme of the book?