The outsiders questions:

1.explain what pony means when he says soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 85.

2.why did pony think it was better to see socs as "just guys" on p. 100? what do you think he means by this?

3.the story mentions how some of the greasers forgot how to cry at an early age. what might make someone "forget how to cry"?

Read the opening lines of sojourner truth's speech "ain't i a woman? " well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but what's all this here talking about? what tone do these lines convey?