The Outsiders S.E. Hinton How to play On to the game!

The Outsiders Jeopardy Rules                                                                                               The Outsiders Jeopardy Rules Click on the box you would like to get a question from. Click on the answer you think is correct. The next screen will tell you if your answer was correct. To go back at any time during the game click on the picture of the book on the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

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Who is the second-youngest member of the greasers? (A) Johnny (B) Two-Bit (C) Steve (D) Sodapop

How old is Darry? (A) Twenty-three (B) Twenty (C) Nineteen (D) Eighteen

Which character has movie-star good looks? (A) Sodapop (B) Two-Bit (C) Darry (D) Cherry

What is Ponyboy’s real name? (A) Frederick (B) Walter (C) Jason (D) Ponyboy

What did Darry let Ponyboy and Sodapop have for breakfast that their parents would not? Answer

What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read in the church? (A) How the West Was Won (B) Rumble Fish (C) Gone with the Wind (D) Great Expectations

Who bleaches Ponyboy’s hair? (A) Sodapop (B) Marcia (C) Johnny (D) Dally

In which town is the abandoned church where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out located? (A) Tonkawa (B) Guthrie (C) Windrixville (D) Bartlesville

What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East Side and the West Side? (A) Sunsets (B) Rainbows (C) Sunrises (D) The moon

When the boys first get to Windrixville they need directions to the church. So they do not draw attention to themselves Ponyboy tells the farmer a fake reason that they are looking for the church. What is the reason he give for trying to find the old church? Answer

Where did Dally live right before moving to Ponyboy’s town? (A) New Orleans (B) Dallas (C) New York (D) Tuscaloosa

What kind of car does Cherry drive? (A) A Mustang (B) A Corvette (C) A Volkswagon (D) A Ferrari

In which sport does Ponyboy participate? (A) Football (B) Track (C) Wrestling (D) Gymnastics

What is the name of Sodapop’s horse? (A) Daniel (B) Captain Steve (C) Lightning (D) Mickey Mouse

What is the title of the poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny at the church and who is it by? Answer

Which character dies first? (A) Johnny (B) Bob (C) Dally (D) Nobody dies

Who kills Dally? (A) Darry (B) The police (C) Bob and Randy (D) A drunk driver

How did the Curtis brothers’ parents die? (A) In a car accident (B) In a roller-coaster accident (C) In a boating accident (D) In a horse-riding accident

When did Ponyboy’s recurring nightmares begin? (A) The night of his parents’ funeral (B) The night Johnny killed Bob (C) The night he found out Sodapop was dropping out of school (D) The night he met Cherry Valance

Right before Dally was shot Ponyboy remembers him saying something about the gun he uses as a bluff. What did he call the gun and why is it just a bluff and not something that can really kill someone? Answer

How does Ponyboy get a concussion? (A) A roof beam falls on him during the fire. (B) A Soc hits him with a lead pipe. (C) He is kicked in the head during the rumble. (D) He falls down a staircase in the fire.

With what does Ponyboy threaten the Socs who approach him outside of the convenience store? (A) A switch-blade (B) A gun (C) A broken pop bottle (D) An arrest warrant

Who is Randy? (A) A greaser from an enemy gang (B) A Soc who refuses to fight in the rumble (C) One of Ponyboy’s high school teachers (D) None of the above

How does Darry know Paul Holden, his first opponent at the rumble? (A) They played football together in high school. (B) Paul jumped Darry once. (C) Paul brought his car to the garage where Darry works. (D) Darry dated Paul’s sister.

What was Darry’s reason for keeping their house door unlocked even after being warned by some of the other Greasers parents not to? Why was he not worried about burglars? Answer

Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in? (A) Their boyfriends left because they did not like the movies that were playing. (B) Their boyfriends walked off with two other girls from their high school. (C) The girls decided to go out by themselves that day. (D) The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out their boyfriends had booze.

What is Two-Bit’s most prized possession? (A) His 1920 silver dollar (B) His silver-plated .45 (C) His black-handled switchblade (D) His mother’s locket

Who is Randy’s girlfriend? (A) Cherry (B) Sandy (C) Julia (D) Marcia

Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy move to Florida? (A) To go to college (B) Because her parents are moving (C) Because she is wanted by the police (D) Because she is pregnant

When did Ponyboy realize that Darry loved him When did Ponyboy realize that Darry loved him? How did he know (what specifically happened)? Answer

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Think about what happened at the church again You chose the wrong answer

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There is a lot of death in The Outsiders – you chose the wrong answer this time. Try again!

There is a lot of death in The Outsiders – you chose the wrong answer this time. Try again!

There is a lot of death in The Outsiders – you chose the wrong answer this time. Try again!

There is a lot of death in The Outsiders – you chose the wrong answer this time. Try again!

There is a lot of death in The Outsiders – you chose the wrong answer this time. Try again!

I know it seems like the Outsiders is nothing but one big fight – it’s not you must have them confused – you chose the wrong answer. Try again!

I know it seems like the Outsiders is nothing but one big fight – it’s not you must have them confused – you chose the wrong answer. Try again!

I know it seems like the Outsiders is nothing but one big fight – it’s not you must have them confused – you chose the wrong answer. Try again!

I know it seems like the Outsiders is nothing but one big fight – it’s not you must have them confused – you chose the wrong answer. Try again!

I know it seems like the Outsiders is nothing but one big fight – it’s not you must have them confused – you chose the wrong answer. Try again!

Love is hard to find –check your answer again that one was wrong!

Love is hard to find –check your answer again that one was wrong!

Love is hard to find –check your answer again that one was wrong!

Love is hard to find –check your answer again that one was wrong!

Love is hard to find –check your answer again that one was wrong!

Who is the second-youngest member of the greasers? You are correct! Who is the second-youngest member of the greasers? (A) Johnny

You are correct! How old is Darry? (B) Twenty

Which character has movie-star good looks? You are correct! Which character has movie-star good looks? (A) Sodapop

What is Ponyboy’s real name? You are correct! What is Ponyboy’s real name? (D) Ponyboy

Darry lets them have Chocolate Cake.

What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read in the church? You are correct! What book do Johnny and Ponyboy read in the church? (C) Gone with the Wind

Who bleaches Ponyboy’s hair? You are correct! Who bleaches Ponyboy’s hair? (C) Johnny

You are correct! In which town is the abandoned church where Ponyboy and Johnny hide out located? (C) Windrixville

You are correct! What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East Side and the West Side? (A) Sunsets

The reason Ponyboy gave to the farmer was that he was playing army and he is supposed to report to headquarters there.

Which character dies first? You are correct! Which character dies first? (B) Bob

You are correct! Who kills Dally? (B) The police

How did the Curtis brothers’ parents die? You are correct! How did the Curtis brothers’ parents die? (A) In a car accident

You are correct! When did Ponyboy’s recurring nightmares begin? (A) The night of his parents’ funeral

The gun was called a heater and it was a bluff because it was not loaded. “I been carryin’ a heater. It ain’t loaded, but it sure does help a bluff.”

Where did Dally live right before moving to Ponyboy’s town? You are correct! Where did Dally live right before moving to Ponyboy’s town? (C) New York

What kind of car does Cherry drive? You are correct! What kind of car does Cherry drive? (B) A Corvette

In which sport does Ponyboy participate? You are correct! In which sport does Ponyboy participate? (B) Track

What is the name of Sodapop’s horse? You are correct! What is the name of Sodapop’s horse? (D) Mickey Mouse

The name of the poem is “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and it is by Robert Frost.

You are correct! How does Ponyboy get a concussion? (C) He is kicked in the head during the rumble.

You are correct! With what does Ponyboy threaten the Socs who approach him outside of the convenience store? (C) A broken pop bottle

(B) A Soc who refuses to fight in the rumble You are correct! Who is Randy? (B) A Soc who refuses to fight in the rumble

You are correct! How does Darry know Paul Holden, his first opponent at the rumble? (A) They played football together in high school.

Darry did not lock their door because he wanted anyone in the gang to have a place to stay all the time in case they got in a fight with their parents. He did not want them to rob a convenient store or something to blow off some steam when they could just go to his house. He is not worried about burglars because he is strong (in the book he flexes his muscles to show this).

Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in? You are correct! Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in? (D) The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out their boyfriends had booze.

You are correct! What is Two-Bit’s most prized possession? (C) His black-handled switchblade

Who is Randy’s girlfriend? You are correct! Who is Randy’s girlfriend? (D) Marcia

You are correct! Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy move to Florida? (D) Because she is pregnant

Ponyboy realized that Darry loved him when he showed up at the hospital after Ponyboy had been missing for a week. He finally knew for sure because Darry was crying.

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No – Not that sport. Try again!

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