Questions for chapters 5 and 6 of The Outsiders

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER OR PRINT OUT YOUR ANSWERS AND BRING THEM TO CLASS ON TUESDAY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SUBMIT THE BLOG.

CHAPTER 5

1. What importance does hair hold for Ponyboy and the other greasers? Why?

2. Is there any part of your physical appearance that you hold onto like Ponyboy holds onto his hair?

3. What does "gallant" mean?

4. What's the difference between Dally and the "heroes in the novels"?

5. What is "heater" slang for?

6. What information do we find out about Cherry at the end of the chapter?


CHAPTER 6

1. What’s the significance of "Next time you want a broad, pick up your own kind"? Are the socs and the greasers that different?

2. What hurts Johnny the most? Why isn’t it good to be sensitive if you're a greaser?

3. Who is the unofficial leader? Why?

4. What new side of Dally do we see? How does that affect our understanding of him?

5. Why do Ponyboy and Johnny run back into the burning church?

6. Why do you think they're not scared in the fire? What positive effect does being in the fire and trying to rescue the children have on Johnny?

7. How have people's perceptions of Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy changed because of the fire?

8. Have you ever been in a situation or done something that has radically changed how some people see you? If so, what?

9. Who is Jerry Wood?

10. What realization does Ponyboy have about Darry?