Quiz
- Some of Susan Eloise Hinton’s novels have been placed
in the list of
banned books. Why do you think books are put on the banned list, what does
that say to you as a student about that book? As you looked through the list of
the 100 most challenged books of 1990-1999, did you see any novels that you have
read? Do you think that novel belonged on a banned book list?
- What is the definition of a “Greaser”
and a “Soc?” When you went to the Greaser link, what were some of the images
that you saw? What time period did they remind you of? If you were given the
chance to go back in time and be a Greaser or a Soc, which would you choose and
why?
- The link to
runaways stated that nearly 1.5 million youth run away or are sent away
yearly, why do you think this is? What were some of the stories from runaway’s
that you read, what did they have to say about life on the street?
- In the novel, the Greasers and the Socs are considered to be gangs; what
exactly is a gang?
According to the link, is gang membership on the rise in the past years or has
it begun to decrease? Additionally, in the novel all of the members of the
Greasers and the Socs are male, but do female gangs exists? What do you think
about gangs and gang violence?
- Who recites the poem, “Nothing
Gold Can Stay” in the novel? Who originally wrote this poem and how does it
fit into the novel?
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