The Outsiders
Study Guide Jeopardy
Characterization
Cause and Effect
Quotes
Locations
Literary Elements
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Characterization 100
This character is known for their hard work
and their role as the head of the household.
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Characterization 200
This character is happy go lucky and
handsome.
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Characterization 300
This character is Soda’s best friend.
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Characterization 400
This character is the pet of the gang.
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Characterization 500
This character is smart, but has no common
sense.
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Characterization 600
• This character is a wisecrack and shoplifter.
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Characterization 700
This character is the toughest and meanest of
the gang.
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Characterization 800
This character is the second youngest member
of the greasers.
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Characterization 900
Cherry drives this kind of car.
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Characterization 1000
The Greasers and the Socs by this one thing.
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Cause and Effect 100
Dally directs the boys to the church for this
reason.
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Cause and Effect 200
Pony and Johnny seek out Dally for this
reason.
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Cause and Effect 300
This happens because the Curtis boys lose
their parents.
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Cause and Effect 400
Cherry agrees to ride home with Bob for this
reason.
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Cause and Effect 500
Ponyboy saved his money for a year for this
reason.
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Cause and Effect 600
Pony talks to a farmer for this reason.
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Cause and Effect 700
Pony cries in front of Johnny for this reason.
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Cause and Effect 800
The author wrote The Outsiders for this
reason.
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Cause and Effect 900
Pony’s insistence in smoking cigarettes will
prevent him from participating in this.
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Cause and Effect 1000
Soda and Sandy are no longer a couple due to
this reason.
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Quotes 100
“I could fall in love with Dallas Winston. I hope
I never see him again, or I will.” was said by
this character.
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Quotes 200
“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.” was said by
this character.
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Quotes 300
“Things were rough all over, but it was better
that way. That way you could tell the other
guy was human too.” was said by this
character.
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Quotes 400
“I wouldn’t mind it so much if there wasn’t so
much stuff I ain’t done yet and so many things
I ain’t seen. It’s not fair.” was said by this
character.
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Quotes 500
“You get tough like me and you don’t get hurt.
You look out for yourself and nothin’ can
touch you.” was said by this character.
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Quotes 600
“You guys know what Greasers are? White
trash with long, greasy hair.” was said by this
character.
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Quotes 700
“You can’t win. You know that, don’t you? It
doesn’t matter if you whip us, you’ll be where
you were before, at the bottom. And we’ll still
be the lucky ones at the top with all the
breaks. It doesn’t matter. Greasers will still be
Greasers and Socs will still be Socs. It doesn’t
matter.” was said by this character.
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Quotes 800
“Listen, with your brains and grades, you could
get a scholarship, and we could put you through
college, ain’t that right, Soda? But you’re livin’ in
a vacuum, Pony, and you’re gonna have to cut it
out. You just don’t stop living because you lose
somebody. I thought you knew that. And anytime
you don’t like the way I’m running things around
here, you can just get out, all right?” was said by
this character.
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Quotes 900
“I mean, I can’t take sides. It’d be a lot easier if
I could, but I can see both sides…” was said by
this character.
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Quotes 1000
“It’s okay… we aren’t in the same class. Just
don’t forget that some of us watch the same
sunset too.” was said by this character.
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Locations 100
Ponyboy was at this place at the start of the
story.
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Locations 200
Pony met Cherry and Marcia at this location.
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Locations 300
Pony knows Cherry and Marcia from here.
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Locations 400
It was at this place Johnny killed the Soc.
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Locations 500
It was in this town that Dally told the boys to
go and hideout.
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Locations 600
Dally lived here before moving to Pony’s town.
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Locations 700
It was at this place Pony was taken after the
incident at the church.
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Locations 800
Dally caused trouble here before he was killed
by the police.
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Locations 900
Sandy moved to this place near the end of the
story.
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Locations 1000
The story takes place in this city and state
during this time period.
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Literary Elements 100
The title of this poem was a theme in the
story.
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Literary Elements 200
“Greasers dress in blue jeans and leather
jackets…” is an example of this literary
element.
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Literary Elements 300
On the train after Johnny kills Bob and sees
Dally about a plan, Johnny says to Pony, “I
could never use this gun… I could never shoot
anyone.” shows this literary element.
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Literary Elements 400
The idea that all people have problems can be
considered this literary element.
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Literary Elements 500
The idea that Cherry and Pony feel bad
because they do not “fit in” to their social
groups is an example of this literary element.
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Literary Elements 600
The rumble could be considered this literary
element.
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Literary Elements 700
The fact that we know that Dally’s gun isn’t
loaded, but the police do not, is an example of
this literary element.
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Literary Elements 800
This entire novel is an example of this literary
element.
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Literary Elements 900
This story is told from this perspective and it is
an example of this literary element.
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Literary Elements 1000
The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is written
by this author.
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