Q 01/05

The Outsiders helped create which publishing category?

A) Middle grade

B) Pulp fiction

C) Young adult

D) True crime

Answer · why

C) Young adult

Young adult: Hinton recalled that there was no such market in 1967, and her book's realism about teenage life helped publishers see one.

Q 02/05

In The Outsiders, what kind of animal is Mickey Mouse, whom Sodapop loved as a boy?

A) A dog

B) A horse

C) A cat

D) A mouse

Answer · why

B) A horse

A horse: the buckskin belonged to another man but came only when Soda called. When it was sold Soda cried all night, and ten-year-old Ponyboy saved hi...

Q 03/05

What does Cherry Valance throw in Dally's face when he keeps pestering her?

A) Popcorn

B) A milkshake

C) A Coke

D) A shoe

Answer · why

C) A Coke

A Coke, and one Dally had just bought her. He gears up to bother her again until Johnny, the quietest of the gang, tells him to leave her alone, and D...

Q 04/05

In The Outsiders, what is 'Socs' short for?

A) Society

B) Sophomores

C) Socials

D) Sophisticates

Answer · why

C) Socials

Socials, said 'soshes': Ponyboy calls them the jet set, the West-side rich kids. He notes that the papers call them a public disgrace one day and an a...

Q 05/05

Hinton said teen novels then were all 'Mary Jane goes to' where?

A) The beach

B) The prom

C) Summer camp

D) Hollywood

Answer · why

B) The prom

The prom: Hinton found no realistic fiction about teenagers, and she was angry at the way her school split into groups that never mixed, so she wrote ...