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LD ELA OUTSIDERS
LD ELA OUTSIDERS CH 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Ponyboy think one major difference between the greasers & the soc's? | Money |
| How does Cherry explain the differences that exist between the two rival gangs? | Each has a different set of values and are separated by feelings. Greasers are emotional & passionate and Soc's don't have feelings |
| Who are the two rival gangs? | Greasers & Soc's |
| Who is the author of the Outsiders? | S.E. Hinton |
| Whose point of view is the story told through? | Ponyboy Curtis |
| Who is the youngest of the group? | Ponyboy Curtis |
| What does Soc's stand for? | Socials - the rich West Side crowd |
| Why are they called Greasers? | They wear their hair long and put grease in it. They dress tough, steal and get into gang fights. |
| What do the Greasers carry to defend themselves against the Soc's? | Switchblades |
| Who is Ponyboy's oldest brother? | Darrel "Darry" Curtis - 20 years old |
| Who is Ponyboy's other brother? | Sodapop Curtis - 16 years old |
| What happened to Ponyboy's parents? | They died in a car crash |
| Who got beat up first by the Soc's? | Johny Cade |
| Who does Ponyboy go to the movies with? | Johny & Dally |
| Who is Sodapop's girlfriend? | Sandy - who he hopes to marry one day. |
| Who are the Soc girls that they meet at the drive-in movie theatre? | Cherry & Marcia |
| What is the name of Sodapop's horse? | Mickey Mouse |
| How are the horse & Sodapop similar? | They are both ready to quarrel & are both stubborn |
| How does Dally try to embarrass the girls at the movie? | He talks dirty to them and even after they tell him to cool it. He still makes suggestive comments. |
| Who does Ponyboy start to talk to at the movie? | Cherry Valance |
| What does Sodapop do after he drops out of school? | He works in a gas station |
| What does Cherry do with the Coke that Dally brings back? | She throws it in his face |
| What does Johnny tell Dally when Dally won't leave the girls alone? | He tells him not to bother the girls which is unusual because he is usually very quiet. |
| What does Two-Bit tell them about Dally? | He tells them that Dally has slashed the tires of Tim Shepard's car and is going to have to fight him. Tim Shepard is the leader of another gang. |
| What are the two main rules of the greasers? | To stick together and never get caught |
| Why do the Curtis brothers need to stay on their best behavior? | So that they can stay together. |
| What sport does Darry like to play? | Football |
| Which brother is Ponyboy closest to? | Sodapop |
| What does Cherry tell Ponyboy about the Soc's? | Tells him that not all Soc's are the same and that Soc's have problems just like the Greasers |
| Why does Ponyboy not like Darry? | He thinks that if he could put him in a home somewhere he would |
| What do Cherry and Ponyboy have in common? | They both like reading and watching sunsets |
| What sport does Ponyboy play in school? | Track |
| Who is in the blue mustang? | Bob and Randy - Cherry and Marcia Soc boyfriends |
| What prevents a fight from breaking out? | The girls agree to leave with their boyfriends |
| What does Cherry tell Ponyboy before leaving? | Tells him that she hopes not to see Dally again because she thinks she could fall in love with him. |
| What does Darry do to Ponyboy for staying out late? | He yells at him and then slaps him in the face |
| What does Ponyboy do after getting into an argument with his brother Darry? | He leaves his house and finds Johnny. He tells Johnny that they are running away. |
| What does Ponyboy realize when he sees the Soc boys with the rings on his hand? | That these are the Soc's that beat up Johnny |
| Who does Johnny live with? | Lives with an abusive alcoholic father and a loud mouth mother. |
| Who do Ponyboy and Johnny see in the park after they have run away? | They see the blue mustang |
| What do the Soc's do to Johnny and Ponyboy? | Holds Ponyboy head under the water in the fountain. Feels himself drowning and blacks out. |
| What does Ponyboy do to the Soc's? | He spits at the Soc's |
| What does Ponyboy see when he regains consciousness? | He sees a bloody body, Bob, lying on the pavement |
| What does Johnny tell Ponyboy? | Tells him that he killed him. |
| Who do Ponyboy and Johnny go to for help? | Dally who was sleeping at Buc Merril's House. |
| What is Dally able to get for Johnny and Ponyboy? | He gets them $50, change of clothiers and a gun |
| What does Dally tell them to do? | He tells them to take the train to Windrixville where they can hang out in an abandoned church. |
| Where does Johnny go the next morning? | Goes into town to get supplies |
| What does Johnny bring back? | He brings back baloney, cigarettes and a paperback copy of Gone with the Wind |
| Who does Johnny tell Ponyboy he is becoming more like everyday? | Two-Bit Matthews |
| What do Johnny and Ponyboy agree to do? | Cut their hair to disguise themselves. |
| Who bleaches Ponyboy's hair? | Johnny |
| What poem does Ponyboy recite? | "Nothing Gold Can Stay" - by Robert Frost |
| Who shows up at the church to visit the boys? | Dally |
| What does Dally bring them? | A letter for Ponyboy from Sodapop |
| Who is acting as a "spy" for the Greasers? | Cherry Valance |
| What does Dally tell them? | Tells them that the Soc's and the Greasers are going to meet for a rumble in a day. |
| Who is the second youngest of the greasers? | Johnny Cade |
| What did Ponyboy think after getting off the train? | That is was like a dream come true. Always dreamed of life in the country. |
| What does Johnny tell Dally he wants to do? | Wants to go back to town and confess to his crime |
| Why does Johnny think this is the right thing to do? | He says that his parents won't care if he goes to prison, but that Ponyboy's brother want to see him again. |
| What does Dally agree to do? | Agrees to drive them back to town. |
| As they are driving back, what do they notice about the church where they were staying? | The church is on fire |
| Why do Ponyboy and Johnny think they are at fault for the church? | They think they may have left a lit cigarette butt. |
| What do the boys do when they see the church on fire? | They jump out of the car |
| What do the boys find at the church? | They find a group of school children having a picnic |
| What does one of the chaperones realize? | That some of the children were missing |
| What does Ponyboy hear? | He hears screams from inside the church |
| Who goes back into the church to try and save the children? | Ponyboy and Johnny |
| What does Ponyboy say exists on both the East and West Side of Town? | Sunsets |
| Who is Marcia's boyfriend? | Randy |
| Why did Marcia and Cherry go to the drive-in movie without their Soc boyfriends? | Because their boyfriends had alcohol |
| When did Ponyboy's nightmares begin? | The night of his parents funeral |
| Where did Daly take Ponyboy and Johnny for lunch when he went to visit them at the church? | Dairy Queen |
| What does Dally yell to Ponyboy and Johnny when they are in the church helping the children? | Tells them that the Church's roof is going to collapse |
| Who pushes Ponyboy out the window when the church roof collapses? | Johnny |
| When Ponyboy tries to go back into the church what does Dally do? | He knocks him out |
| When Ponyboy awakes where is he? | He is in an ambulance. He is in their with one of the teachers, Jerry Wood. |
| What saved Ponyboy's life? | The jacket that Dally gave him |
| What happened to Johnny? | He was hit struck with a piece of burning timber and that he probably broke his back. |
| What does Ponyboy tell the teacher from the church? | He tells him about Bob's murder and Jerry agrees that Johnny killed Bob in self-defense |
| Who arrives to visit Ponyboy in the hospital? | Darry and Sodapop |
| What shocks Ponyboy when Darry sees him in the hospital? | That Darry hugs him and begins to cry |
| What does Ponyboy realize now about Darry? | That he is strict with him because he cares and he wants him to succeed |
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