Ch. 4
What is the genre of this novel?
a. fantasy
b. mystery
c. realistic fiction
c. realistic fiction
What two things motivated Johnny to stab Bob?
a. Bob tried to choke Johnny and Randy punched him in the stomach.
b. David was drowning Ponyboy and the others were going to beat up Johnny.
c. Randy threatened to hurt Johnny's family and Bob punched him in the stomach.
b. David was drowning Ponyboy and the others were going to beat up Johnny.
What did Dally give the boys (Johnny and Ponyboy)?
a. money, dry clothes, a loaded gun, and a plan
b. money, cigarettes, and the name of someone to contact
c. cigarettes, a gun, and some food
a. money, dry clothes, a loaded gun, and a plan
During a flashback Ponyboy talks about Two-Bit's behavior in church. It was after Steve dropped a hymn book very loud. Ponyboy said, "Everyone in the place turned around to look at us, and Johnny and I nearly crawled under the pews. And then Two-Bit waved at them." Why do you think the author decided to put the word "waved" in italics?
a. to emphasize how funny Ponyboy thought Two-Bit was acting
b. to emphasize how embarrassed Two-Bit made Ponyboy feel
c. to point out that all the boys know how to behave in church
b. to emphasize how embarrassed Two-Bit made Ponyboy feel
Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?
a. He is afraid that he will get into trouble for giving them a weapon
b. He is afraid that no one will go and visit Johnny in jail
c. He is afraid that Johnny will become hardened in jail
c. He is afraid that Johnny will become hardened in jail
a. simile
b. onomatopoeia
c. personification
c. personification
Which act proved the cowardness of the Socs?
a. They ran away and left Bob to die alone.
b. They left the scene in order to go after Cherry and Marcia.
c. They teased Johnny about his homelife.
a. They ran away and left Bob to die alone.
"The train came to a screaming halt." Which figurative language is being used here?
a. personification
b. hyperbole
c. onomatopoeia
a. personification
What does the poem mean?
a. just like the first signs of spring or sunset, youth and innocence are only around for a short time.
b. just like leaves during the autumn, people live long lives but then drop and blow away.
c. gold is important in one's youth, but then people realize money cannot buy everything.
a. just like the first signs of spring or sunset, youth and innocence are only around for a short time.
a. He was afraid
b. He had to call the fire department
c. He was too big to fir through the window
c. He was too big to fir through the window
"Five Socs were coming straight at us, and from the way they were staggering I figured they were reeling pickled. That scared me. A cool deadly bluff could sometimes shake them off, but not if they outnumbered you five to two and were drunk." Based on context clues, what does "reeling pickled" mean?
a. angry
b. drunk
c. swearing
b. drunk
According to Ponyboy, what punishment would Johnny face if convicted?
a. life in jail
b. lethal injection
c. electric chair
c. electric chair
a. food
b. a knife so they would have a weapon
c. scissors so they could cut each other's hair easier
c. scissors so they could cut each other's hair easier
Which line from the poem represents a Biblical allusion?
a. Then leaf subsides to leaf
b. So Eden sank to grief
c. So dawn goes down to day
b. So Eden sank to grief
Why didn't Johnny follow Ponyboy through the window to escape?
a. he heard another child crying
b. the roof collapsed
c. the window went up in flames
b. the roof collapsed
Why didn't Pony and Johnny run away from the Socs?
a. They were so scare that they could not move.
b. They did not want to seem like wimps by running away.
c. It was too late; they were on the way over when they saw them.
c. It was too late; they were on the way over when they saw them.
What part of the plot is going on now?
a. exposition
b. rising action
c. falling action
b. rising action
What did the boys do to pass the time?
a. go for long walks and watch the sunset
b. play cards and read Gone With the Wind
c. watch TV and play truth or dare
b. play cards and read Gone With the Wind
According to Sodapop, where do the police think the boys are?
a. Viriginia
b. South Carolina
c. Texas
c. Texas
Who went in the house to save Johnny?
a. Ponyboy
b. Jerry
c. Dally
"Hey, whatta ya know?" What type of language is this?
a. slang
b. proper
c. sarcastic
a. slang
"Give the kid a bath, David." What type of figurative language is this?
a. metaphor
b. onomatopoeia
c. personification
a. metaphor
Who did Johnny say was "gallant" like a southern gentleman?
a. Ponyboy
b. Dally
c. Two-Bit
b. Dally
What are the terms of the rumble?
a. If the Greasers win, they can start dating the Soc girls.
b. If the Greasers win everything stays the same, but if the Socs win the Greasers cannot drive their cars to the West side
c. If the Socs win everything stays the same, but if the Greasers win the Socs have to stay out of the East side
c. If the Socs win everything stays the same, but if the Greasers win the Socs have to stay out of the East side
What did Ponyboy realize at the hospital?
a. that he was charged with murder
b. that Darry loved him
c. that Sodapop was missing
b. that Darry loved him