THE OUTSIDERS REVIEW GAME
RULES OF TRASHKETBALL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Each table consists of a team.
A new person will answer a question each round.
You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the answer
to a question with your team.
If it is your turn, you will then immediately
answer the question.
If you are correct, your team will get 1 point for
the correct answer. Your team will also get the
opportunity to shoot a ball into the trashcan from
a 1, 2, or 3 point line.
If the shot is made, that team gets extra-credit.
WHO AM I?

I am the author of The Outsiders.

S. E. Hinton
WHO AM I?

I am a wisecracker; I can’t stop making funny
remarks or jokes all of the time.

Two bit
WHO AM I?

I killed Bob in self defense.

Johnny
WHO AM I?

I killed Dally.

The police
WHO AM I?

I am known for my “firey” red hair. I can hold
my own in a conversation with anyone. I am a
“spy” for the Greasers.

Cherry
WHO AM I?

I am very well liked by most people. I get away
with everything. When I get in trouble, my
parents blame themselves. I wish that someone
would tell me, “No!”

Bob
WHO AM I?

I constantly feel as if I am in the middle of a tug
of war. I am always caught between my two
brother’s fighting. I’ve been described as “movie
star handsome.”

Soda Pop
WHO AM I?

I am Soda’s best buddy since grade school; I am
really good with cars.

Steve
WHO AM I?

I hate the world. I am tougher than everyone
else. I’ve been in and out of jail.

Dally
WHO AM I?
I am the “pet” of the gang. I am like a puppy that
has been kicked too many times.

Johnny
WHO AM I?

I am not going to the rumble because it won’t do
any good. I realize that fighting doesn’t change
anything.

Randy
WHO AM I?

I have more worries than somebody my age ought
to. I work during the day as a roofer.

Darry
WHO AM I?

I am a loner; I get good grades, but I don’t always
use my head. I get into a lot of trouble with my
friend when I run away during the night.

Ponyboy
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

A ray of gold touched the hills.

Personification
LITERARY DEVICE – WHAT AM I?

Pony’s dream came true---he went to the country.

Irony
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

Sweat ran down my face and back.

Personification
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

The horizon was a thin golden line.

Metaphor
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

He had…ears like a lynx.

Simile
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

So dawn goes down to day.
1 sound device and 1 figurative device
Must get both answers.
Alliteration
 Paradox

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

Everything held its breath.

Personification
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (SOUND DEVICE) –
WHAT AM I?

The line, "Her hardest hue to hold,” from
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is an example of
______________________.

Alliteration
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

“So, I sat there like a bump on a log.” (Ponyboy)

Simile or idiom
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

“Johnny was a candle with the flame gone out.”

Metaphor
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

“The fire reached out and grabbed Johnny’s
jacket.”

Personification
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale bluegreen ice.

Simile
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I?

"Darry didn't deserve to work like an old man
when he was only twenty."

Simile
LITERARY DEVICE

What does the sunset symbolize?
Unity
 It shows that even though there are differences
between the Greasers and the Socs, they are still
alike or the same in some ways.

TRIVIA

What poem does Ponyboy quote by Robert Frost?

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
TRIVIA

What is the Curtis boys’ favorite breakfast food?

Chocolate cake
TRIVIA

Give an an example of when Johnny did not feel
extremely scared or defeated.

When he saved the children from the fire
TRIVIA

What book did Ponyboy and Johnny read while
they were at the church?

Gone with the Wind
TRIVIA

How old was S. E. Hinton when she wrote The
Outsiders?

15 to 16.
SETTING OF THE STORY

What is the setting of The Outsiders?
Place and time period

Small, rural town in Oklahoma
TRIVIA

In what small town was the old abandoned
church in which Ponyboy and Johnny hid out?

Windrixville
TRIVIA

What is the name of Soda Pop’s horse?

Mickey Mouse
TRIVIA

In what sport does Ponyboy participate at school?

track
TRIVIA

What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the
East Side and the West Side?

sunsets
TRIVIA

How does Ponyboy get a concussion?

He is kicked in the head during the rumble.
TRIVIA

Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drivein?

The girls walked away from their boyfriends
when they found out their boyfriends had been
drinking.
TRIVIA

Why does Johnny bleach Ponyboy’s hair?

So he won’t be recognized as easily.
TRIVIA

What food does Ponyboy hate to eat?

bologna
TRIVIA

According to Johnny, Dally is gallant
____________.
Because Dally took the rap for something he
didn’t do.
 Because he didn’t tell the police that Two-bit was
the one who had stolen something instead of him.

TRIVIA

What is the meaning of the poem “Nothing Gold
Can Stay?

All good things must end
TRIVIA
 Which
two people were willing to
testify that Bob was drunk and
looking for a fight the night he was
killed?
Randy
and Cherry
TRIVIA
What
was Johnny’s response to
his mother coming to the
hospital?

He did not want to see her.
TRIVIA
What
topic did Ponyboy choose
for his English essay?

The story of the events from the past week.
TRIVIA
What
did Cherry and Ponyboy
both enjoy?

sunsets
TRIVIA
Why
did Johnny accept his
death so peacefully?
He
knew he gave his life for a
worthy cause.
TRIVIA
What
were Johnny’s last words
to Ponyboy?
“Stay
gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.”
TRIVIA
What
caused Ponyboy to finally
accept Johnny’s death?
He
found Johnny’s good-bye
letter tucked inside of Gone with
the Wind.
TRIVIA
Name
four Socs.
Bob
Randy
Cherry
Marcia
Paul
TRIVIA
Ponyboy
wanted other boys like
him to know that there was still
good in the world. He
communicated this theme
through his ________.
essay
TRIVIA
Which
physical feature will
Ponyboy usually comment on
when describing someone?
eyes
TRIVIA
Why
do Darry and Ponyboy
agree to stop arguing?
They
stopped arguing because
Soda was being caught in the
middle and torn apart by their
fighting.
TRIVIA
According
to Ponyboy, what is
the major difference between the
Greasers and the Socs?
Socs
feel nothing and Greasers
feel too violently.
or
Socs get all the breaks and
Greasers know the score.
TRIVIA
Ponyboy
could stay gold by
looking at things as if they
were new and that Johnny
knew he was dying, but
saving the kids was worth it
were two ideas contained in
what, specifically?
Johnny’s
letter
TRIVIA
What
fire?
really caused the church
The
kids from the picnic playing
with matches that were left
behind by Johnny and Ponyboy.
TRIVIA
Which
two characters have
spent time in the reformatory?
Dally
and Curly Shepard