outsiders study guide questions and answers

Darry, soda and Ponyboy are all brothers, that parents died a couple years ago. They are Greasers and they are in a gang which is just a bunch of friends that look out for eachother

Greasers are the poor kids they live on the east side, they have long greasy hair, most are dropouts, and barely have any families.
Socs are the popular people, the rich kids, the kids with nice clothes, good grades, have families, nice cars and live on the west side

Two-Bit, Soda, Darry, Dally, Johnny, Steve

Ponyboy had gotten jumped , and the Socs tried to jump him, but Darry helped him. They only got a little cut on his head from them trying to cut his hair. But Darry steps in and has the Socs run off.

Cherry ,and Marcia

Dally was dirty talking the girls, and being rude. Cherry kind of rejected Dally, and threw a coke at him. Ponyboy was very polite , nice, and was a true gentleman.

Cherry and Marcia were alone at the drive-in because they wanted to get away when they found out their boyfriends were drinking booze

They were socs, and Ponyboy was a greaser and girls don’t usually talk to him with good words.

He was nearly beaten to death by a group of socs.

That it isn’t only money but its also that the greasers can feel something, but the socs are to cool to the point that they can’t feel anything

Bob and Randy, the same guys who beat up Johnny

Cherry didn’t want a fight to start, and the Socs weren’t interested in starting a fight just getting there girls back with them.

Him and Johnny were at the vacant lot looking at the stars while eventually falling asleep

Darry was so mad at Pony coming home late, he had hit him.

Well the socs came and nearly drowned Ponyboy to death, also Johnny was scared and knew he was next. So he stabbed Bob, and killing him.

They went to Dally, because Dally was the only one who in the gang would know what to do in a situation like this .

Dally’s cousin knew an old church there that could be a safe hideout.

Pony was upset because his hair is what defied him. Since the Socs had their corvairs and Madras Shirts, the greasers had their hair.

Where it talked about the gallant men, they reminded him of Dally.

He brings them a letter for Ponyboy from Soda, Cherry is now a spy for the Greasers, the police are looking for them in Texas, there is going to be a rumble against the Socs and Greasers the next day

He announced that “they were going back, and turn themselves in”.

His parents are horrible, his mother beats him,. They didn’t even wonder about him, when he fled town after the killing of Bob. They also act like he is invisible, they never cared about him.

The Church was on fire, Johnny and Pony had tried to help the kids inside the church. Ponyboy and Dally had minor injuries, but Johnny was severely burned( with a broken back).

They faced the probability of having all the boys in the family get seperated or Ponyboy and Soda going to a boys home.

To tell him his conclusion on this whole rumble and how he doesn’t wanna be apart of it. Also that its useless of even joining in it.

Johnny was still the person who killed her boyfriend Bob, and she couldnt look at the person who did that.

Two-bit fights because everyone else fights, Steve fights to stomp on the other guy, Soda fights for fun, Darry fights to show of his strength to people.

Tims gang was organized, with a leader. But Ponys gang, there just a group of friends who care about each other and always have each others back.

Johnny wouldn’t of been in this situation if Dally didn’t send Johnny and Ponyboy to the church als Dally said only if Johnny had been more like him, he never would have been at the church in the first place.

Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy were “Stay Gold Ponyboy….. Stay Gold”

Ponyboy tried to convince himself that Johny wasn’t dead

Ponyboy busted the end of his bottle, and acted so un scared , and fearless. But when the guys left he picked up the broken bottled glass off the floor and into the trash , so no one would get a flat tire.

That he was okay to die for those kids, also that Ponyboy should stay gold, and he should except being a greaser because he has alot of time to make himself what he wants. Also to tell Dally all this.

We know Ponyboy will be alright because he told all his feelings in a paper, but more like a book. Also because Johnny’s note kind of gave Ponyboy a differnt see on how things are.