Characters
The gang's pet.
Who is Johnny?
She moved to Florida after she found out she was pregnant.
Who is Sodapop's girlfriend, Sandy?
"Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies" (9).
What is a simile?
"In here! Don't slam the door." (106)
Who is Ponyboy?
The kind of car Cherry was driving.
What is a Corvette?
The narrator of the story.
Who is Ponyboy?
Might be taken to a boy's home because of the incident at the park.
Who are Ponyboy and Sodapop?
"If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny" (11).
What is a metaphor?
"How do you like bein' a hero, big shot?" (107)
Who is Steve?
The color eyes Cherry has.
What are green eyes?
Loves school, blondes, and his switchblade.
Who is Two-Bit?
Broke his back in the fire.
Burned his arm in the fire.
"He would have run away a million times if we hadn't been there" (12).
What is hyperbole?
"I'm not going to show at the rumble tonight." (115)
Who is Randy?
The name they call Darry.
What is Superman?
Grew up in New York and went to jail at age 10.
Who is Dally?
Doesn't visit Johnny because he killed Bob.
Who is Cherry?
"his dancing gray eyes were stormy" (32).
What is personification?
"It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough." (121)
Who is Johnny?
The thing that Two-Bit is most proud of.
What is his switchblade?
The spy of the Greasers.
Who is Cherry?
Talked to Ponyboy about not going to the rumble.
Who is Randy?
I had to read Great Expectations for English, and that kid Pip, he reminded me of us" (15).
What is allusion?
"We got to get even with the Socs. For Johnny." (125)
Who is Dally?
What Bob really wanted.
What is someone to say "No"?