Some sample questions from this category:
* What was one of Ponyboy's favorite things to do that Darry hated? Hint: Where was he walking home from at the beginning of the book?
* Where else had Dallas lived? Hint: mentioned by him after the killing of the Soc, 'Man I thought ______ was the only place I'd get mixed up in a murder rap'?
* How old was Dallas in the story?
* What was Johnny's nickname in the book?
* What was Two-Bit's girlfriend's name? Hint: Mentioned during the hitchhiking scene with Two-Bit and Ponyboy before they go see Johnny in the hospital?
* What was Ponyboy adamant about towards the end of the book and during the court proceedings?
* What was the one thing that Dallas did honestly? (Hint- check on about page 69 of the book)?
* Which one of the gang could Ponyboy sometimes not stand? Does this ever change? Hint: This is mentioned in the first two chapters of the book?
* Why did Soda drop out of school?
* Which Soc got killed by Johnny?
* What is Socs short for?
* What was Cherry Valance's real first name?
* Which Greaser was beaten by his father?
* How old was the author when 'The Outsiders' was published?
* Why did Mason sell Red and Negrito in the beginning of the novel?
* What sport did Mason live to play?
* At the fair Tex met up with a gypsy. When she studies his palm she tells him that there are people who go and people who stay in life, which is Tex?
* Johnny's older brother Bob takes Johnny and Tex to visit an older Collins kid that gets them drunk. Who is this kid?
* What happens to Tex and Mason as they're returning home from Mason's doctor appointment and the visit to Lem?
* What should the avid S.E. Hinton fan realize about the hitch hiker?
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