Q 01/05

In what year was The Outsiders first published?

A) 1967

B) 1971

C) 1975

D) 1982

Answer · why

A) 1967

It arrived at the height of the 1960s and has never gone out of print. Hinton was still a teenager when it came out.

Q 02/05

Which publisher released the novel?

A) Random House

B) Scholastic

C) Viking Press

D) Bantam Books

Answer · why

C) Viking Press

The same publisher later reported that the book still sells more than half a million copies a year.

Q 03/05

In which city is the novel set, though it is never named in the text?

A) Tulsa

B) Oklahoma City

C) Kansas City

D) Wichita

Answer · why

A) Tulsa

Hinton grew up there and based the greasers and Socs on gangs at her own high school.

Q 04/05

What is 'Socs' short for?

A) Society boys

B) Socialites

C) Socials

D) Sophisticates

Answer · why

C) Socials

It is pronounced 'SOH-shiz'. The greasers use it for the wealthy west-side kids who jump them.

Q 05/05

How old was S. E. Hinton when she started writing the novel?

A) 15

B) 16

C) 17

D) 18

Answer · why

A) 15

She wrote most of it the following year as a high school junior, and it was published when she was 18.