Johnny’s Final Days
These six famous words were Johnny's last to Ponyboy.
What is "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold"?
This group was declared the winner of the rumble.
Who are the Greasers?
Dally robbed this type of store immediately after Johnny died.
What is a grocery store?
Pony and Darry made a promise to Soda that they would stop doing this.
What is stop fighting?
Johnny left his copy of this famous 19th-century novel for Ponyboy.
What is Gone with the Wind?
These people visited Johnny in the hospital to thank him for his bravery in the fire.
Who are the parents of the kids he saved?
This Soc talked to Ponyboy in a car and made Pony realize he was just a regular person.
Who is Randy?
This is why Dally’s gun didn’t actually go off when he aimed it at the police.
What is it wasn't loaded?
Darry uses this nickname for Ponyboy at the end of the book, which he usually only uses for Soda.
What is "Little Buddy"?
Ponyboy finds this tucked inside the book Johnny left for him.
What is a note from Johnny?
Johnny refused to see this person because she had never cared for him before he became a "hero."
Who is his mother?
This was the official verdict given to Ponyboy at the court hearing.
What is he was acquitted? (or the case was closed)
This was Dally’s real motivation for pulling out a gun in front of the police.
What is he wanted to die?
Pony was unconscious for days following the rumble due to shock, exhaustion, and this injury.
What is a concussion?
This is what Pony decided to write his English theme about.
What is Johnny, Dally, and the story of the Socs and the Greasers?
Cherry Valance refused to visit Johnny in the hospital for this reason.
What is because he killed Bob? (Who she loved)
Darry fought this Soc, who used to be his friend and football teammate.
Who is Paul?
Johnny felt that fighting was this.
What is pointless, useless, or no good?
Soda runs out of the house because he hates being put in this position during his brothers' arguments.
What is the middle?
The deaths of these three characters are what ultimately inspired Pony to start writing.
Who are Bob, Johnny, and Dally?
Johnny told Ponyboy to make sure he showed one of these to Dally.
What is a sunset?
These two Socs "stuck to the truth" during the hearing and said Bob was an angry drunk.
Who are Cherry and Randy?
This is what Pony says Dally "got" when he was shot and killed.
What is Dally got what he wanted.
Darry pushes Pony to keep his grades up so he can hopefully earn one of these.
What is a scholarship?
The last lines of the book are significant because they are identical to these.
What are the first lines of the book?