Basic Facts
Characters
Greasers
symbols
Vocabulary
100
Who wrote The Outsiders?
Who is S.E. Hinton?
100
Who is known as the greaser gang's pets?
Who is Johnny?
100
What happens to Johnny after he gets beat up by the Socs?
What is he carries a 6 inch switchblade, and he is more nervous and anxious that he was before?
100
What kind of car does the Soc's drive?
What is the blue mustang?
100
"We could have hurt her reputation." When Pony says this what does reputation mean?
What is the state of being held in high esteem and honor?
200
What are the names of Ponyboy's brothers?
Who is Darry and Sodapop?
200
Where is Dally originally from?
What is New York?
200
Who is the oldest greaser?
Who is Two-bit?
200
What is Mickey Mouse?
What is Sodapop's horse?
200
“I bet they were cool ol’ guys,” he said, his eyes glowing, after I had read the part about them riding into sure death because they were gallant." From this quote from the book what does gallant mean?
What is being brave?
300
What point of view is the book told from?
What is first person - Ponyboy's point of view?
300
How does Ponyboy think Darry feels about him?
What is Ponyboy thinks Darry doesn't like him?
300
What does Ponyboy and Johnny do to disguise themselves?
What is bleach and cut their hair?
300
What is the significance of Ponyboy and Johnny being at the old abandoned church?
What is it was their hideout after their crime, and a place for them to reflect on their lives. As well as the church was a place where they were able to be themselves,
300
"The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants." What does the word embers mean?
What is a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
400
What happened to Ponyboy's parents?
What is they were killed in a car accident.
400
Who does Ponyboy talk about sunsets with?
Who is Cherry?
400
Which one of the greasers does Cherry have a crush on?
Who is Dally?
400
What book was Johnny and Ponyboy reading at the old abandoned church?
What is "Gone with the Wind?"
400
Why does Jerry (the man in who rode in the ambulance with Ponyboy) not know what a greaser is?
What is to the outside world (outside of the town Ponyboy lives in) the greaser identity is meaningless?
500
What is a big part of a greasers' identity?
What is their hair
500
How is Ponyboy different from the rest of the greasers?
What is his intelligence and sensitivity?
500
These types of animals eat only plants.
What are herbivores?
500
What is the significance of Ponyboy talking about the sunset?
What is it is important because everyone can see the sunset or rise and it something everyone has in common?
500
When Dally tells Pony and Johnny about carrying a "heater," what does the word heater mean?
What is a hand gun?