S.E. Hinton

Which of the following books by S.E. Hinton was made into a movie?

• The Puppy Sister

• Big David, Little David

• Taming the Star Runner

• Rumble Fish

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In what year was 'The Outsiders' first published?

• 1965

• 1967

• 1970

• 1975

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What is the name of S.E. Hinton's son?

• David

• Nicholas

• Tom

• Robert

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Why did Hinton only use the initials of her first and middle names when publishing, The Outsiders?

• She didn't like her name.

• She wanted to make readers wonder what her name was.

• She wanted to hide that she was a female writing the book so that boys would read it, too.

• She wanted to remain anonymous.

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How old was Hinton when she started writing, The Outsiders?

• 14

• 15

• 16

• 17

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What year was The Outsiders first published?

• 1964

• 1967

• 1971

• 1976

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Which books were made into movies?

• The Outsiders

• Rumble Fish

• The Puppy Sister

• Tex

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Read the following sentence, "In 1988, she wrote Taming the Star Runner and in 1995, deviated from writing for young adults and wrote two children‘s books, The Puppy Sister and Big David, Little David." Using the clues from the text, what does the word deviated mean?

• took a different route

• broke in half

• turned bad

• ate strange food

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Based on the information in the biography, the reader can conclude that S.E. Hinton spent most of her youth________.

• writing

• cattle ranching

• drawing

• studying

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Which literary genre would best define S.E. Hinton's novels?

• non-fiction

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

• autobiographical