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.
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.”