THE OUTSIDERS REVIEW GAME

Allison/Ezuka

RULES OF TRASHKETBALL1. Each table consists of a team.2. A new person will answer a question each

round.3. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the

answer to a question with your team. 4. If it is your turn, you will then immediately

answer the question. 5. If you are correct, your team will get 1 point

for the correct answer. Your team will also get the opportunity to shoot a ball into the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line.

6. If the shot is made, that team gets extra-credit.

WHO AM I? I am the author of The Outsiders.

S. E. Hinton

WHO AM I? I am a wisecracker; I can’t stop making

funny remarks or jokes all of the time.

Two bit

WHO AM I? I killed Bob in self defense.

Johnny

WHO AM I? I killed Dally.

The police

WHO AM I? I am known for my “firey” red hair. I can hold

my own in a conversation with anyone. I am a “spy” for the Greasers.

Cherry

WHO AM I? I am very well liked by most people. I get

away with everything. When I get in trouble, my parents blame themselves. I wish that someone would tell me, “No!”

Bob

WHO AM I? I constantly feel as if I am in the middle of a

tug of war. I am always caught between my two brother’s fighting. I’ve been described as “movie star handsome.”

Soda Pop

WHO AM I? I am Soda’s best buddy since grade school; I

am really good with cars.

Steve

WHO AM I? I hate the world. I am tougher than everyone

else. I’ve been in and out of jail.

Dally

WHO AM I? I am the “pet” of the gang. I am like a puppy

that has been kicked too many times.

Johnny

WHO AM I? I am not going to the rumble because it

won’t do any good. I realize that fighting doesn’t change anything.

Randy

WHO AM I? I have more worries than somebody my age

ought to. I work during the day as a roofer.

Darry

WHO AM I? I am a loner; I get good grades, but I don’t

always use my head. I get into a lot of trouble with my friend when I run away during the night.

Ponyboy

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? A ray of gold touched the hills.

Personification

LITERARY DEVICE – WHAT AM I? Pony’s dream came true---he went to the

country.

Irony

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? Sweat ran down my face and back.

Personification

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? The horizon was a thin golden line.

Metaphor

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? He had…ears like a lynx.

Simile

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? So dawn goes down to day.

Alliteration

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? Everything held its breath.

Personification

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? The line, "Her hardest hue to hold,” from

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is an example of ______________________.

Alliteration

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? “So, I sat there like a bump on a log.”

(Ponyboy)

Simile

LITERARY DEVICE – WHAT AM I? The lesson that a poem or short story is

trying to teach.

Theme

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? “Johnny was a candle with the flame gone

out.”

Metaphor

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? “The fire reached out and grabbed Johnny’s

jacket.”

Personification

LITERARY DEVICE - WHAT AM I? Soda wanted to marry Sandy even though

the baby wasn’t his, yet she rejected him.

Irony

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale

blue-green ice.

Simile

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE – WHAT AM I? "Darry didn't deserve to work like an old man

when he was only twenty."

Simile

LITERARY DEVICE What does the sunset symbolize?

Unity It shows that even though there are

differences between the Greasers and the Socs, they are still alike or the same in some ways.

TRIVIA What poem does Ponyboy quote by Robert

Frost?

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

TRIVIA What is the main thing that keeps Darry from

being a Soc?

The Greasers

TRIVIA What is the Curtis boys favorite food?

Chocolate cake

TRIVIA Give an an example of when Johnny did not

feel extremely scared or defeated.

When he saved the children from the fire

TRIVIA What book did Ponyboy and Johnny read

while they were at the church?

Gone with the Wind

TRIVIA How old was S. E. Hinton when she wrote The

Outsiders?

15 to 16.

SETTING OF THE STORY What is the setting of The Outsiders?

Small, rural town in Oklahoma

TRIVIA In what small town was the old abandoned

church in which Ponyboy and Johnny hid out?

Windrixville

TRIVIA What is the name of Soda Pop’s horse?

Mickey Mouse

TRIVIA In what sport does Ponyboy participate at

school?

track

TRIVIA What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the

East Side and the West Side?

sunsets

TRIVIA Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy move

to Florida?

Because she is pregnant

TRIVIA How does Ponyboy get a concussion?

He is kicked in the head during the rumble.

TRIVIA Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the

drive-in?

The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out their boyfriends had been drinking.

TRIVIA Why does Johnny bleach Ponyboy’s hair?

So he won’t be recognized as easily.

TRIVIA What food does Ponyboy hate to eat?

bologna

TRIVIA According to Johnny, Dally is gallant because

he didn’t tell ____________.

Because Dally took the rap for something he didn’t do.

He didn’t tell the police that Two bit was the one who had stolen something instead of him.

TRIVIA What is the meaning of the poem “Nothing

Gold Can Stay?

All good things must end