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The Outsiders

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Comprehension questions on S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders: Ponyboy, Darry, Dally, Johnny, the Curtis brothers, the church fire and Robert Frost.

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Horizontal Words

  1. He's afraid of losing another person he loves. (5)
  2. The narrator of the story (7)
  3. The drive in where Pony and Johnny met the Soc girls (13)
  4. How old was Johnny? (7)
  5. The book the two read in the church is "Gone with the ________." (4)
  6. The Poem Ponyboy recited to Johnny was, "Nothing _________ Can Stay." (4)
  7. The oldest member of the gang (7)
  8. Police are referred to as this in the story (4)
  9. Johnny's Nickname (10)
  10. The spy who is helping the Greasers (6)
  11. Who spoke up to defend Cherry at the movie theater? (6)

Vertical Words

  1. Who slashed Tim Shepard's tires? (5)
  2. Poet who wrote the poem in the story (11)
  3. Dally's last name (7)
  4. The abandoned church catches on __________. (4)
  5. When Ponyboy and Johnny ran away, Dally gave them money, __________, and a plan. (3)
  6. Darry is Ponyboy and Soda's ____________ brother. (5)
  7. Last name of Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry (6)
  8. How old was Ponyboy? (8)
  9. The name of Sodapop's race horse (11)
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