"The Outsiders" Book and Movie

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1. What is the location this story was set in? San Antonio, Texas Indianapolis, Indiana Tulsa, Oklahoma Chicago, Illinois

2. What decade is the story set in? 1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's

3. What are the three most leading characters' names? Ponyboy, Johnny, Dallas Two-bit, Steve, Johnny Darrell, Sodapop, Ponyboy Dallas, Tim Sheperd, Darrell

4. In the book, why did Darry get upset with Ponyboy when he got jumped by the Socs? Because he was carrying a knife Because he was walking by himself Because he was drunk Because he couldn't defend himself

5. At the drive-in, why did Cherry and Marcia leave their boyfriends during the movie? They were drinking and tried to force moves on them They were doing drugs They were picking fights with other people They were picking up other girls

6. What was the movie that was playing at the drive-in? Psycho Rebel Without a Cause The Good, Bad, and the Ugly Beach Blanket Bingo

7. Why did Dallas get mad and leave the movie? Was this unusual? Because Cherry threw her coke at him and told him to go to hell; Yes, usually he didn't give up th Because Johnny told him to leave Cherry alone; Yes, Johnny didn't usually say much of anything Because Tim Shepherd wanted to pick a fight with him; No, he and Shepherd were at it all the time Because Two-bit showed up drunk; No, he usually was half drunk himself

8. What did Johnny notice about Cherry's boyfriend when they caught up with them after the movie? That he was very drunk That he looked ready to clobber all of them That there were more guys in the car The rings on his hand

9. What were Johnny's parents doing when he tried to go into the house? Fighting violently Doing drugs Having sex Drinking

10. Why did Darry and Ponyboy get into a fight, causing Pony to run from the house? Because he didn't get home till 2am Because Pony didn't call to say he'd be late Because Pony had been smoking Because Pony and Soda were fighting

11. Why did Johnny kill the Soc and what was the boy's name? Who played this character in the movie? Because he was going to shoot them; Kevin; Johnny Depp Because he was drowning Ponyboy; Bob; Leif Garrett Because he had beaten Johnny up earlier; Randy; Anthony Michael Hall Because he wanted to get even with the Soc's; Eric; Kevin Dillon

12. What was one thing that Ponyboy got upset with Johnny about while they were hiding out? Johnny hadn't bought enough food He was bored up there on the mountain He was mad that he had killed that boy Cutting and bleaching his hair

13. When Dallas came to see them at the church, why did he get mad? Johnny announced that they were going back to turn themselves in Because he ran out of gas in town Because they weren't happy with the hideout he picked Because he had spent all of his money

14. What caught the church on fire? How many kids did the guys save? Their cigarettes; 8 The campfire the school teacher made; 5 The kids were playing with matches; 4 A brush fire from a neighboring farm; 15

15. Who portrayed the nurse in Dallas's hospital room? S.E. Hinton An unknown actress Geena Davis Glenn Close

16. Why did Ponyboy always remember the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost? He just liked it He thought the words were beautiful He had to read it for school and memorize it He never understood what was meant by it

17. Who came to see Johnny in the hospital and why did he send them away? His girlfriend; because he didn't want her to see him all burnt His mother; because he felt she came to yell at him Darrell; because he was afraid he was mad at him for getting Pony mixed up in all this Cherry Valance; because he didn't want her pity

18. Which Soc did Darry pick as his opponent at the rumble? How did they know each other? No one in particular Paul; they were on the high school football team together Randy; because he felt that he should have been able to prevent this mess Carl; they had fought before

19. Before the rumble, Ponyboy and Randy had a conversation. What realization had Randy come to because of the events of the last week? That Greasers had caused the death of a good friend, and he wanted to get even That the fighting and killing was useless, nothing was going to change the way things were That the bad judgements of several people had cause the events of the last week and no one person co That he wanted out of that town and to go somewhere where no one knew him and he could start over

20. When Johnny was dying, what were his parting words to Dallas and Ponyboy? 'Fighting is useless'; 'Stay Gold, Ponyboy. Stay Gold' 'I loved ya'll like brothers' 'Good bye and I'm sorry' 'I don't want to die yet, it ain't long enough'

21. Why did Dallas want to die? What did he do to accomplish this? What weapon did he have? Because he was in so much trouble; he shot a cop; a knife Because he felt life wasn't worth living and it had taken the one person he truly loved; He robbed a store; an unloaded gun Because he was mad a himself for not being able to save Johnny; He held up a gas station; a load Because he was poor and always would be; He committed suicide; a loaded gun

22. What was Johnny's parting gift to Ponyboy? The book, "Gone With the Wind" and a note His wallet with some money His knife A photo of the guys

23. What was the court verdict for the Curtis brothers? They could stay together Pony had to go to reform school They were seperated and sent to foster care Pony and Soda were both sent to the same boys home

24. Why did Sodapop get upset and run out of the house at the end of the book? He was upset that his girlfriend was pregnant by his best friend He and Darry had a fight He was still upset with Ponyboy for getting into trouble He was tired of all the fighting and being put in the middle

25. Who were the stars that played the leading Greasers? Leif Garrett, Chad Lowe, Johnny Depp C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon Patrick Swayze, Darren Dalton, Chris Atkins Anthony Michael Hall, Andrew McArthey, Matt Dillon