THE OUTSIDERS CH. 1/2
HOW MUCH DID THE BOYS PAY TO GET INTO THE MOVIE?
NOTHING-THEY SNUCK IN UNDER THE FENCE.
WHAT TYPE OF WORK DOES DARRY DO?
HE IS A ROOFER.
WHY DID PONYBOY CONSIDER SODAPOP HIS FAVORITE BROTHER?
SODAPOP DIDN’T YELL AT HIM LIKE DARRY DID. SODAPOP WAS UNDERSTANDING
WITH WHOM DID PONYBOY LIVE ?
PONYBOY LIVED WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS, DARRY AND SODAPOP
WHAT WERE GREASERS AND SOCS?
GREASERS-POOR TEENS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN SOCS-RICH TEENS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN
WHAT KIND OF STUDENT WAS PONYBOY?
HE WAS AN HONORS STUDENT
WHAT KIND OF JEWELRY DID THE SOCS USE AS WEAPONS?
RINGS
WHY DID SODAPOP DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, AND WHERE DID HE WORK?
HE QUIT BECAUSE HE WAS FAILING CLASSES, AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS DUMB HE QUIT BECAUSE HE WAS FAILING CLASSES, AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS DUMB. SODA WORKED AT A GAS STATION.
LIST 3 GREASERS---OTHER THAN PONYBOY, SODAPOP, AND DARRY.
STEVE TWO-BIT DALLY JOHNNY TIMOTHY
WHY DID CHERRY AND MARCIA WALK TO THE THEATER?
THEY WALKED BECAUSE BOB AND HIS FRIENDS HAD BEEN DRINKING AND THEY DIDN’T WANT TO RIDE WITH THEM.
WHO SPOKE UP AND TOLD DALLY TO LEAVE THE GIRLS ALONE?
JOHNNY
WHAT OTHER GREASER HAD BEEN JUMPED BY THE SOCS, BESIDES PONYBOY?
JOHNNY
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OUTSIDERS CH. 3/4
HOW WERE CHERRY AND MARCIA GOING TO GET HOME FROM THE MOVIES?
TWO-BIT WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM A RIDE
WHY DID CHERRY AGREE TO GO WITH BOB IN HIS MUSTANG?
SHE DIDN’T WANT A FIGHT TO START
HOW DID PONYBOY RESPOND TO DARRY’S HARSH ANGER?
HE RAN AWAY
WHO APPROACHED JOHNNY AND PONYBOY IN THE PARK?
THE SOCS IN THE BLUE MUSTANG
WHY DID IT SURPRISE JOHNNY AND PONYBOY TO SEE THE SOCS IN THE PARK?
THE SOCS WERE OUT OF THEIR TERRITORY
HOW MANY SOCS WERE THERE IN THE PARK?
FIVE
WHY HAD BOB AND RANDY COME TO THE PARK TO BEAT UP JOHNNY AND PONYBOY?
THEY WERE ANGRY THAT THE BOYS HAD PICKED UP THEIR GIRLFRIENDS
WHAT WAS BOB’S DEFINITION OF A GREASER?
WHITE TRASH WITH LONG HAIR
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER PONYBOY SPIT ON ONE OF THE SOCS?
THEY PUSHED HIM INTO THE FOUNTAIN AND TRIED TO DROWN HIM.
HOW WAS PONYBOY’S LILFE SPARED?
JOHNNY STABBED BOB, AND THE OTHERS RAN AWAY.
WHO DID JOHNNY AND PONYBOY GO TO FOR HELP AFTER BOB DIED?
DALLY
WHAT DID JOHNNY AND PONYBOY GET FROM THEIR FRIEND?
Dally gave them 50$, a gun, and a dry shirt and jacket for Ponyboy.
ONCE IN WINDRIXVILLE, WHERE WERE JOHNNY AND PONYBOY TO GO FOR SHELTER?
AN ABANDONED CHURCH
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THE OUTSIDERS CHAPTER 5/6
WHY DOES PONYBOY FEEL BAD ABOUT CUTTING HIS HAIR?
HIS HAIR IDENTIFIES HIM AS A GREASER, AND HE BELONGS TO SOMETHING BECAUSE OF IT.
WHY DOES JOHNNY NOT LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THE STABBING?
THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TAKEN SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE IS HORRIBLE TO HIM.
HOW CAN “NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY” APPLY TO LIFE?
EVERYTHING IN LIFE CHANGES; NOTHING STAYS THE SAME.
WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN TOWN? WHO IS THE SPY THE GREASERS HAVE?
THE SOCS AND GREASERS ARE AT WAR, AND CHERRY IS A SPY FOR THE GREASERS.
WHAT SEEMS TO GIVE JOHNNY THE MOST PAIN IN HIS LIFE?
HIS PARENTS DO NOT SEEM TO CARE FOR HIM, AND THIS THOUGHT HURTS HIM GREATLY.
WHAT SIDE OF DALLAS DOES PONYBOY SEE THAT HE NEVER SAW BEFORE?
DALLAS TALKS ABOUT HOW BEING IN JAIL MADE HIM TOUGH AND INSENSITIVE AND HOW HE DOES NOT WANT THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN TO JOHNNY.
WHY DO THE BOYS FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRE?
THEY SUSPECT THAT SOMEHOW THEY MUST HAVE LEFT A LIGHTED CIGARETTE IN THE CHURCH.
AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER WHAT IS IT THAT PONYBOY COMES TO UNDERSTAND?
DARRYL REALLY DOES LOVE HIM LIKE A BROTHER AND WAS AFRAID OF SOMETHING HAPPENING TO PONY.
WHAT UNUSUAL SOUND DO THEY HEAR?
PONY HEARS GUNSHOTS FROM THE GUN THEY LEFT IN THE CHURCH.
WHAT IS THE IRONY OF THE BOY’S ACTIONS AT THE FIRE?
THEY ARE PERCEIVED OF AS HOODLUMS, AND THEY FEEL AND ACT AS IF THAT WERE TRUE. DURING THE FIRE, HOWEVER, THEY, ALL THREE, ACT LIKE HEROES “SENT STRAIGHT FROM HEAVEN.”
EXPLAIN PONYBOY’S FEELINGS ABOUT WHY DARRY CRIES.
PONY FEELS DARRY CRYING FOR HIS PARENTS AS WELL AS THE FEAR THAT “I THOUGHT WE’D LOST YOU…” PONY NOW FEELS THAT HE IS “FINALLY HOME. TO STAY.”