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101 Who answers the phone when Dallas calls asking for help?
Answer: Steve

Steve answers but Dallas asks for Darry. Darry answers and Dallas tells him he will be at the park waiting for them to pick him up and hide him.
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" - The Movie.
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Who is the only person Johnny doesn't want to see while in the hospital?




102 What two things is Two Bit famous for?
Answer: Shoplifting and his black handled switchblade

Two-Bit is famous (among the greasers anyway) for shoplifting, and for his black handled switch blade (which he couldn't have acquired with out his first talent.)
Question Reference: Quiz: 'The Outsiders' Book, Movie, and TV Series.
103 How did Dally meet his demise at the end of the movie?
Answer: He was shot by cops.

After robbing the grocery store, Dally fled to the vacant lot where he was tracked down by the cops. The cops shot Dally because he fired his gun at them while the gang watched in horror. This happened near the end of the movie.
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" The Movie.
104 Which two main characters die?
Answer: Johnny and Dallas

Johnny dies in the hospital. Dallas is chased and shot by the police. Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Two-Bit, and Steve try to get there in time, but the police shoot Dallas before his friends can get there.
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" - The Movie.
105 As of the year 2002, what has Ralph Macchio (Johnny) been working on?
Answer: Writing and Directing

Question Reference: Quiz: 'The Outsiders' Book, Movie, and TV Series.
106 When Johnny was dying, what were his parting words to Dallas and Ponyboy?
Answer: 'Fighting is useless'; 'Stay Gold, Ponyboy. Stay Gold'

Johnny had talked about killing himself earlier in the book and movie because he couldn't take his abusive life. He now realized that there was much he hadn't seen or done yet and didn't want to die.
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" Book and Movie.
107 How did the Curtis' parents die?
Answer: A car accident

In a car accident. Apparently the car was hit by a train, but this is only the movie's version of it, all that's really known is that they were killed in some form of car accident.
Question Reference: Quiz: 'The Outsiders' Book, Movie, and TV Series.
108 Why did Dallas want to die? What did he do to accomplish this? What weapon did he have?
Answer: 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

According to the book, Johnny was the only person that Dally loved. When Johnny died, Dally wanted to die, also. Dally robbed a store with an unloaded gun. He was shot to death by the police at the park.
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" Book and Movie.
109 What was usually for breakfast at the Curtis house?
Answer: Chocolate cake

Chocolate cake, Darry and Soda always made sure there was chocolate cake around.
Question Reference: Quiz: 'The Outsiders' Book, Movie, and TV Series.
110 What was Johnny's parting gift to Ponyboy?
Answer: The book, "Gone With the Wind" and a note

He described to Ponyboy what he felt the poem meant, "you're green when you're a kid- like gold. When you're a kid everything is new- dawn."
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" Book and Movie.
111 How many episodes of the T.V. series aired and in what year?
Answer: 14 episodes 1990

14 episodes of the T.V. Show aired on the Fox Network in the fall of 1990.
Question Reference: Quiz: 'The Outsiders' Book, Movie, and TV Series.
112 What was the court verdict for the Curtis brothers?
Answer: They could stay together

These scenes were also cut from the movie, but are sometimes shown on television.
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" Book and Movie.
113 As of 2001, what Drama T.V. series does Rob Lowe (Sodapop in the movie) appear on now and what is the character name?
Answer: West Wing; Sam Seaborn

His newest series, 'West Wing' on NBC is a hit! He portrays Sam Seaborn, writer for the President's speeches and things.
Question Reference: Quiz: 'The Outsiders' Book, Movie, and TV Series.
114 Why did Sodapop get upset and run out of the house at the end of the book?
Answer: He was tired of all the fighting and being put in the middle

Soda hated when Pony and Darry argued, because he was always put in the middle. When he ran off, Darry and Pony ran after him and caught up with him in the park.
Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" Book and Movie.
115 Which two actors from the movie were best friends on set, although their characters had little to do with one another in the movie? Hint: These two starred in later movies 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Top Gun' respectively.
Answer: Emilio Estevez (Two-Bit) and Tom Cruise (Steve)

Emilio Estevez (Two-Bit) and Tom Cruise (Steve) were good pals off screen. They hung out together a lot. You can find pictures of this in "Superteen" Special Issue No. 6, November 1983.
Question Reference: Quiz: 'The Outsiders' Book, Movie, and TV Series.
116 Who were the stars that played the leading Greasers?
Answer: C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon

Question Reference: Quiz: "The Outsiders" Book and Movie.
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