Vocabulary Chapters 4-7
Without stopping; continuing
Unceasingly
Define numbly.
"It's true, I thought numbly, he is dying."
Without feeling or emotion
Why does Johnny see Dally as gallant?
Because Dally took the blame for something Two-Bit did
What is Johnny going to argue when he turns himself in?
Self-defense
Whose house did Ponyboy and Johnny go to after Bob dies?
Buck Merril's
Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
Apprehensive
"I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!"
Define: menace
danger ; threat ; harmful
What made Ponyboy remember the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
Watching the sunrise with Johnny
Why do Ponyboy and Johnny run into the burning church to help the children?
They think they started it.
Who gives Dally a letter to give to Ponyboy?
Sodapop
to come into conflict; to fight or argue
Tangle
Define conformity
When you change yourself or act a certain way to fit in with others.
DOUBLE POINTS: What are Johnny's last words to Ponyboy? What do they mean?
Stay Gold Ponyboy
Answers may vary. Don't let the harshness of the world change who you are.
What does Dally reveal he has been carrying around with him at the Church?
an unloaded gun
Who says "things are rough all over"?
Cherry
Struck with overwhelming shock or amazement
Aghast
Define agony (context clue: His face contracted in agony)
intense physical pain or mental suffering
Ponyboy asks Cherry if she can see the sunset where she lives. What does the shared sunset symbolize in The Outsiders.
Despite their social divisions, they are all just people facing similar struggles.
What makes Johnny happy one last time before he passes away?
Hearing Dally say he is proud of him.
Who says: "you don't know what a few months in jail can do to you"?
Dally
Spoke with lengthened or drawnÂ-out words
Drawled
"I won't be able to walk again," Johnny started, then faltered.
Define faltered.
unsteady speech / stumble
Why couldn't Darry call the cops when Ponyboy didn't come home on time?
He didn't want Ponyboy to get sent to a boy's home