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1 What started the argument between Darry and Ponyboy that caused Pony to run away?
Answer: Pony came home late.

Ponyboy didn't get home until 2 am because he went to the park with Johnny and they both fell asleep. Not knowing where Pony was, Darry and Sodapop stayed up to wait for him, which made Darry mad.
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2 In the opening scene, Dally is standing against a pole in front of a restaurant. What is the name of the restaurant?
Answer: Bowen Lounge

This is the opening scene, where they show Dally lighting his cigarette, waiting for Johnny and Ponyboy.
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3 What was Dally doing while he was waiting for Ponyboy and Johnny?
Answer: Smoking a cigarette

They had time on their hands before the movie so they bummed around town.
4 What song is playing when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dallas first meet up at the beginning of the movie?
Answer: Gloria

This song was played by Van Morrison.
5 What are the middle names of Ponyboy and Sodapop (respectively)?
Answer: Michael and Patrick

6 What technique did Francis Ford Coppola employ on the movie set to encourage conflict between the Soc actors and the Greaser actors?
Answer: Gave the Soc actors fancy copies of the script and nice hotel rooms, ect. while he gave the Greaser actors lousy copies of the script and poor hotel rooms

Coppola gave the actors who played Greasers crappy, bad copies of the script and poor dressing rooms, hotel rooms, etc. and he gave the Soc actors nice copies of the script, as well as nice rooms and such to create real tension between them.
7 What is the location this story was set in?
Answer: Tulsa, Oklahoma

The movie, "Tex" was also set in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
8 What was the name of Sodapop's girlfriend?
Answer: Sandy

The movie did not show Sandy, but she was mentioned. One night, Ponyboy asked Sodapop if he was going to marry Sandy, and Soda said that he loved her.
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9 Outside, on the window of the restaurant, there is an advertisement for food. How much does the hamburger deluxe cost and what is it served with?
Answer: 75 cents, cole slaw

The advertisement is placed on the window of the restaurant. You can see this when Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy decide what they are going to do.
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10 What did Cherry do when Dally offered her a Coke?
Answer: She threw it in his face

She wouldn't drink anything from him if she were "starving in the desert".
11 At the movie, what is the first thing Two-Bit does/says to the people in their car?
Answer: "Hey baby, you wanna see what's hangin'?"

Two-Bit was played by Emilio Estevez.
12 What is Two-Bit's favorite character to watch on TV?
Answer: Mickey Mouse

After Ponyboy gets home, Two-Bit is sitting on the floor watching Mickey Mouse on TV.
13 What is Ponyboy's middle name?
Answer: Michael

Michael. Ponyboy Michael Curtis. At least he had a normal middle name!
14 What decade is the story set in?
Answer: 1960's

15 After Johnny stabbed Bob, who did he and Ponyboy run to?
Answer: Dallas

Johhny seemed to look up to Dallas. They ran to Dallas and he gave them some bad advice by telling them to run away and hide. Johnny only stabbed Bob to save his friend when Bob was trying to drown Ponyboy in a fountain.
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16 What color/type is Dally's jacket?
Answer: Brown/Leather

Ponyboy is later seen wearing his jacket when they are in the abandoned church in Windrixville.
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17 Who snuck up on the guys and nearly scared Johnny to death?
Answer: Two-Bit

Ponyboy thought at first it was some Soc who wanted to kill them.
18 Why didn't Cherry think Ponyboy would hit on her like Dallas did?
Answer: He didn't look the type.

In the movie it hints at the idea that Cherry and Dally have a thing for each other, but nothing ever truly happens.
19 What are the names of Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends?
Answer: Bob and Randy

After the drive-in movie is over, Ponyboy and the boys walk Cherry and Marcia home, but get interrupted by their boyfriends, Bob and Randy.
20 What actors from the movie also star in two other movie adaptions of S.E. Hinton novels?
Answer: Matt Dillon and Emilio Estevez

Matt Dillon not only starred in 'The Outsiders', he had also starred in the adaptation of S.E. Hinton's 'Tex' and went on to star in the adaptation of 'Rumble Fish'. So he starred in all three of them. Emilio Estevez did also appear in 'Tex' and 'That was Then, This is Now'. Diane Lane starred alongside Matt Dillon in 'Rumble Fish'.
21 What are the three most leading characters' names?
Answer: Ponyboy, Johnny, Dallas

According to the book, Ponyboy was 14 years old, Johnny was 16 years old, and Dallas was 17.
22 While hiding in the church, what book did Ponyboy read?
Answer: Gone With the Wind

"Gone With the Wind" is a novel about life during the Civil War. When it was talking about the soldiers being gallant, Johnny said that Dallas was gallant. Ponyboy said that Dally scared him and that Sodapop was the gallant one.
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23 What kind and color of shoes was Ponyboy wearing?
Answer: Converse, white

Later in the movie they are all seen wearing black converse shoes, when they are about to fight in the rumble with the Socs.
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24 Why wouldn't Dally hit Johnny?
Answer: He was the gang's pet

If it were anyone but Johnny, they would've felt Dally's wrath.
25 After Steve leaves the Curtis home to go to work, he is eating cake. Before he gets into the car to leave, what does Steve do with the cake?
Answer: Throws it aside

As Steve is walking to the truck, he takes the cake and throws it aside.