Vocab
Greasers
Socs
Quotes & Figurative Language
Small Details
100

Means:  chivalrous, brave, heroic

gallant
100

What is a rumble?

a fight

100
What color are Cherry's eyes?
Green
100
Who says, “I’m scared stiff. I used to think about killing myself.”
Johnny
100
What kind of boys did Cherry go for?
Boys who were bound for trouble, bad boys
200

a burning piece of coal or wood

ember

200
What two things does Johnny ask Ponyboy to do for him while Johnny is still in the hospital?
Hair grease and Gone with the Wind
200

Who said: “They play your way. No weapons, fair deal. Your rules.” 

Cherry

200
Who says, “It was your fault. Always running around in the middle of the night getting jailed and heaven knows what else,”?
Johnny's mom
200

Besides Two Bit and Ponyboy, who else came to visit Dally in the hospital?

Tim Shepard

300

Means the same as "escape"

elude

300
Why didn’t Johnny want to die anymore?
Sixteen years wasn't long enough to live
300
Why won’t Cherry see Johnny?
Even though it was self-defense, Johnny still killed her boyfriend.
300
Which one of these quotes is an idiom and why? A) “Kid, you scared the devil out of me.” B) “Hey, can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?”
A. Scare the devil out of someone means to frighten them badly.
300
What is something Ponyboy can’t stand to see?
Girls crying
400

Which vocab word was used in the newspaper headline to describe Johnny & Ponyboy?

delinquent

400

Two-Bit hands over his prized switchblade to Dally without hesitation. What does that show us about their relationship?

Two-Bit trusts Dally and by handing over the switchblade without hesitation shows us that the Greaser guys will do anything for each other.

400

Who does Johnny NOT want to see at the hospital?

His mother

400

What type of figurative language? "I almost jumped out of my skin"

Hyperbole

400

What color does the book say Johnny's eyes are?

black

500

Two-Bit said: "What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley?". What is an outcast?

a person who is not accepted by the group

500

Two-Bit’s statement “The only thing that keeps Darry from being a Soc is us” (p. 111). What does he mean?

If Darry had not been left in charge of his brothers then he would have gone to college, gotten an education, a job, and been able to make money to get out of his economic situation.

500
What does Cherry mean when she says Bob "wasn't just anyone"?
Cherry means when she says Bob "wasn't just anyone" by that Bob had something that made people follow him and that he had something that marked him different than other Socs.
500
Explain the quote: “We could get along without anyone but Johnny.”
Ponyboy and Two-bit thinks they couldn't get along without Johnny because he's the gang's pet. The gang looks out for him and takes care of him, and they wouldn't be able to get along without Johnny being there.
500

What color is Cherry's car?

red

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