Plot
At the beginning of the novel, why is Pony described as having no common sense.
He went to the movies alone -- risking getting jumped.
Cooler
Jail or reformatory
The only person Dallas Winston ever cared about.
Johnny
I been carry’ a heater. It aint loaded, but it sure does help a bluff
Who is speaking?
Dally
The book has this many chapters.
12
Why won't Cherry visit Johnny in the hospital?
He killed her boyfriend, Bob.
Scrap
a fight
When Johnny is in the hospital, he would rather see the gang than this person:
his mother
“You only knew his bad side. He could be sweet sometimes, and friendly. But when he got drunk...”
Who is being talked about?
Bob
The name of Soda's horse.
Mickey Mouse
Cherry says that she hopes she never sees Dally again because if she does, this might happen?
She'll fall in love with him.
The Curtis brothers do this to make sure their friends will always have a roof over their heads.
Leave their door unlocked
"We'd better get on to work, Pepsi Cola?"
Who is Pepsi Cola?
Soda Pop
Two-bits prized possession
his switchblade
Why did cops shoot at Dallas?
He pointed an unloaded gun at them. He wanted to die.
Ponyboy kept thinking about this food after Johnny's death.
baloney
"He wasn't going to be any hood when he got old. He was going to get somewhere. Living the way we do would only make him more determined to get somewhere.
Who is being talked about? Who is "he"?
Darry
How does Ponyboy get home from the hospital after Johnny dies?
As Pony wanders the streets, a man offers to drive him home.
When Ponyboy stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, he had only two things on his mind. what 2 things?
Paul Newman and a ride home.
In chapter 12, while at school, what does Ponyboy do that worries Two-bit and Steve?
He was ready to cut some Socs with a broken bottle? Steve and 2bit were afraid he was becoming like Dallas.
“Please not ‘if’. The blood was draining from my face and Darry put an arm across my shoulder and squeezed hard”
What is meant by "Please not 'if'"?
"If" as in "If Johnny lives or not."
What is the title of Robert Frost's poem?
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"