The Outsiders
What happened to Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy's parents?
They were killed in a car accident.
What was the name of the lawyer in the Brown vs. Board of Education case who later went on to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Is Dallas Winston a static or dynamic character?
Static
What is an antonym for abhor (verb)?
Love
Name an example of an idiom.
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easy as pie, beat around the bus, buy the farm, tip of the iceberg, under the weather, raining cats and dogs, etc
What was the name of the book that Johnny left for Ponyboy at the end of the novel?
Gone with the Wind
What point of view is the story The Case of Mr. and Mrs. Loving told from?
Third person omniscient
Is Bob Sheldon a round or a flat character based on the behavior we see in the novel?
Flat
What is a synonym for exploit (noun)?
Adventure
What type of figurative language is being used in the following quote from "I Have a Dream"?:
America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds.
Metaphor
What were the names of the two poems we read over the course of this novel?
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "Too Many Caskets, Not Enough Tears"
Who says the quote "For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it" ?
Amanda Gorman in "The Hill We Climb"
What does "the hill we climb" symbolize?
overcoming challenges, specifically the issue of racial inequality
What is the difference between quiver and quaver?
Quivering is when a person's body trembles or shakes. Quavering is when a person's voice trembles or shakes.
Name all three types of third person point of view.
Third person objective, limited, and omniscient.
Ponyboy (14)
Johnny (16)
Sodapop (16)
Two-Bit (16)
Dally (17)
Darry (20)
In the story "Say Yes", what is the question that the woman wants her husband to say yes to?
Will you marry me (if I was Black)?
What impact did Loving v. Virginia have on the rest of the United States?
It made interracial marriage legal throughout the entire country
Write a sentence using ephemeral correctly.
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What type of figurative language is being used in the following quote from The Outsiders?:
"and the ground rushed up to meet me very suddenly."
Personification
Randy feels that Bob's death was a result of...
Bob's parents never setting limits.
What was the name of the historic event where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech "I Have a Dream"?
The March on Washington (Aug 28 1963)
What was the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education case beyond schools?
Ended segregation in ALL public spaces.
Write a sentence using vindication correctly. You can use any form of the word (noun or adjective).
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Name THREE symbols from The Outsiders and identify what each object symbolizes.
Sunset – shows that we are all connected and can find common ground with one another
Blue mustang – violence and conflict; power
Cigarettes – rebellion and lack of parental supervision
Greasy hair – identity
Leather jacket – protection
Soda’s horse – innocence and love
Two-Bit’s switchblade – rebellion and power