Characters
Literary Features
Who Said it
Events
The 60's
100
Narrator of the story; this Greaser is fourteen years old and has two brothers
Who is Pony Boy
100
The Outsiders is written from this "Point of view"
What is first person?
100
Nature's first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold. / Her early leaf's a flower, / But only so an hour. / Then leaf subsides to leaf, / So Eden sank to grief. / So dawn goes down to day, / Nothing gold can stay.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
The Socs attack Ponyboy and Johnny in the park becasue of this.
What is they talk to the Socs girls during and after a movie?
100
This president was shot in a convertible car while riding in Dallas Texas.
Who is President Kennedy?
200
Dying a hero, he begged his friend to "stay gold"
Who is Johnny.
200
"So I stood there like a bump on the log while they surrounded me" is an example of this literary device.
What is a simile?
200
Ponyboy, Darry could've put you in a boys' home, worked his way through college. I'm telling you the truth, Pony. I'm happy working at a gas station. Working with cars. I'm dumb. It's alright, I don't mind. You're not Pony. You'd never be happy doing something like that.
Who is Sodapop?
200
This is the type of shirt that the Socs wore.
What is a madras shirt
200
This musical artist was considered the King of Rock and was shown on TV only from the waist up because of his dancing.
Who is Elvis Presley?
300
Most dangerous of the Greasers, he is originally from New York and dies a tragic death after the death of a friend
Who is Dallas.
300
"If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny." is an example of this type of literary device.
What is a metaphor?
300
Man, I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap
Who is Dallas?
300
Johnny and Ponyboy disguised themselves when they ran away by doing this.
What is cutting and dying their hair.
300
There were several radical fashion changes in the 60's that included hair. Name one of them
What is long sideburns, long hair, big afros.
400
The Soc who was a friend of Bob's. He decided not to join in the rumble.
Who is Randy.
400
"Sodapop's one of a kind. He can get drunk in a drag race or dancing without getting near alcohol. He gets drunk on just plain living." is an example of this type of literary device.
What is hyperbole?
400
I used to talk about killing myself all the time, man. But I don't wanna die now. It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't gonna be long enough. I wouldn't care so much if there hadn't been so many things I haven't done yet. So many things I ain't seen or done. That time when we were in Windrixville was the only time I've ever been away from my neighborhood.
Who is Johnny?
400
This was the name of the book that Johnny and Ponyboy were reading at the church.
What is Gone With the Wind.
400
This is the musical group that was originally put together for a television show but became a band. They faked their musical performance in the early shows.
What is The Monkees?
500
The oldest of the gang of Greasers who is the wise cracker of the bunch. He is famous for carrying a black handled switch blade.
Who is Two Bit?
500
"They walked around me slowly, silently, smiling" is an example of this type of literary device.
What is alliteration?
500
I hope I never see Dallas Winston again. If I do I'd... probably fall in love with him.
Who is Cherry?
500
This is why Sodapop's girlfriend moved to Florida.
What is she was pregnant.
500
Name two slang words that were used in 60's in the Outsiders that are not used today for the same thing.
What is dig, savvy, fuzz, hammer, weed....