The Outsiders Characters

six-feet-two, broad-shouldered, muscular, oldest Curtis brother

• Sodapop

• Ponyboy

• Dally

• Darry

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

movie-star handsome, has his dad's eyes, dark-gold hair

• Two-Bit Mathews

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Sodapop Curtis

• Darry Curtis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

oldest Greaser, wise-cracker

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Dally Winston

• Two-Bit Mathews

• Johnny Cade

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

elfish face, high cheekbones, pointed chin, sharp animal teeth, ears like a lynx

• Darry Curtis

• Dally Winston

• Steve Randle

• Johnny Cade

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the character with the personality trait that BEST defines them.

• Sassy and understanding.

• Two-Bit

• Shy and damaged.

• Cherry

• Mean and aggressive.

• Dally

• Smart and kind.

• Johnny

• Funny and playful.

• Ponyboy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following character to there quote.

• Two-Bit

• "You carry more than one bundle of roofing at a time and me and Soda'll skin you."

• Steve

• "Work...and ruin my rep? I wouldn't be baby-sittin the kid here if I knew of some good day-nursery open on Saturdays."

• Johnny

• "does he have to draw you a picture? It was either that or get married, and her parents almost hit the roof at the idea of her marryin a sixteen-year-old kid."

• Sodapop

• "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."

• Ponyboy

• "I'll be seventeen in a couple of weeks."

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the following

• Captain of the Football Team and Boy of the Year in high school but couldn't afford college

• Dally

• Doesn't like doing things the legal way - goes around trying to break laws

• Johnny

• the only member of the gang who likes reading books and watching movies

• Darry

• wants to marry his girlfriend Sandy

• Ponyboy

• resembled a dark puppy who had been kicked too many times

• Sodapop

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Refuses to see his mother while in the hospital.​ (a)  

• Johnny

• S.E. Hinton (author)

• Sodapop

• Ponyboy

• Dally

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Johnny died a ​ ​ (a)   Dally died a ​ (b)  

• hero

• criminal

• Socs

• Soc

• loser

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who worked with Soda at the gas station and could lift a hubcap quicker  and quieter than anyone?  (a)  

• Ponyboy

• Steve Randall

• Dallas Winston