Vocabulary
What is the definition of the word "asset"?
Something valuable, an advantage, or a source of strength
What is the major, central conflict of the novel?
The greasers and the Socs don’t get along
The novel’s fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, andthe youngest of the greasers.
Ponyboy
Create a metaphor
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What are the names of the three Curtis brothers from youngest to oldest?
Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darryl
What is the definition of the word "nonchalantly"?
To not care, in a casual and unenthusiastic manner.
Why did Dally tell Johnny not to turn himself in?
He didn’t want Johnny to end up like him
The fire was most likely caused by a dropped
cigarette
Create a Simile
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Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy move to Florida?
Because she is pregnant
What does "Contempt" mean?
To hate, despise
What novel do Johnny and Pony read when they are hidingout in the church?
Gone With the Wind
Who does Johnny idolize more than any other Greaser?
Dally
The author's use of clues to hint what might happen later inthe story is a ...
foreshadowingc
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human items/things
What does it mean to "exploit"?
To take advantage of
What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East Side andthe West Side?
Sunsets
Ponyboy and Two-Bit were disgusted with Johnny's mother because ___________.
a)she made a scene in front of the nurses
b)she told him, "It's all your fault"
c) she blamed the Greasers for getting Johnny into trouble
d)she had never shown any love and concern for Johnny
d)she had never shown any love and concern for Johnny
It is a literary device used when the author uses an objector image to represent a larger idea or feeling.
symbolism
How did the Curtis brothers’ parents die?
Car accident
What does "vacuum" mean?
To suck air out, empty
What is Two-Bit’s most prized possession?
His black-handled switchblade
Who wrote the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"
Robert Frost
"Things gotta get better, I gured. They couldn’t get worse. Iwas wrong." is an example of....
Foreshadowing
Ponyboy reads the letter from Johnny, he tells him to...
Stay gold