Greasers
Socs and Greasers
Quotes
Vocabulary
Literary Terms Examples
100

What advice does Johnny give to Pony before he dies?  What does it mean?

"Stay gold." It means stay innocent, kind, true to yourself.

100

What does Randy say Bob wanted from his parents that he never got?

To tell him no.

100

Who said it?  Why is it important?

“Things are rough all over.”  

Cherry Valance.

100

This word means brave in action or warfare....

a. brawny

b. aghast

c. gallant

gallant

100

The sunset represents an idea like unity or humanity.  This is called....

symbolism

200

What does Ponyboy end up doing for his English assignment?

“Writing” The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton is the real author)

200

"Greaser didn't have anything to do with it...It's the individual." What does Ponyboy mean?

You can't tell everything about a person by the group he's a part of.

200

Who said it?  Why is it important?  

“You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you...”

Dallas Winston

200

This word means extreme dislike or disgust...

a. weary

b. aghast

c. contempt

contempt

200

“I didn’t think things could get any worse, but I was wrong.”

Foreshadowing

300

Who said it?  Which method of characterization is used (Hint: S.T.E.A.L)??

“Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it?”  

Dallas Winston

Speech

300

Who said it?  Why is it important?  

“... I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good.... You'll still be where you were before- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing.”  

Randy Adderson

300

Who said it?  Why is it important?

“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”  

Ponyboy Curtis

300

This word best describes Dallas Winston's behavior....

a. reckless

b. sullen

c. groggy

reckless

300

Pony tells Cherry the story of Johnny getting jumped by the Socs.

Flashback

400

This character takes pride in his jet-handled switchblade.

Two-Bit Matthews

400

What is Cherry's explanation for the difference between Socs and greasers?

Socs are too aloof to feel. The Greasers feel too much.

400

Who said it?  Why is it important?  

“I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be.”  

Johnny Cade

400

Ponyboy says to Johnny, "I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it ______________ me".

a. escaped

b. aghasted

c. eluded

eluded

400

The struggle between the two opposite groups, the Socs and the Greasers, is called....

Conflict (man vs. man)

500

What reason does each character give for fighting?

Soda? 

Steve?

Two-Bit?

Darry?

Pony?

Soda-fun

Steve-hatred

Two-Bit- conformity

Darry- pride

Pony-self-defense

500

Name TWO symbols of Greaser pride in the novel.  

1. Greaser Hair

2. Two Bit's jet-handled switchblade.

500

Who said it?  Why is it important?

“you don't just stop living because you lose someone. You don't quit!”   

Darry Curtis

500

Johhny ______________ when he said “I won’t be able to walk again”.


a. diverted

b. faltered

c. triumphed

faltered

500

Ponyboy and Johnny discuss the meaning of Robert Frost’s poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”.  They also discuss the novel, Gone with The Wind.  This is called .....

Allusion

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