This and That/Vocab
This character tells the story.
Who is the Ponyboy?
"He was about six feet tall, stocky in build, and very proud of his long rusty-colored sideburns. He had gray eyes and a wide grin..."
Who is Two-Bit?
These people attack Ponyboy on his way home from the movie house.
Who are the Socs?
These characters help save children from a church fire.
Who are Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally?
This girlfriend wanted to get together with Johnny while Dally was in the cooler.
Who is Sylvia? (chapter 2)
Why was Bob lying dead on the ground? What happened to him?
He was stabbed by Johnny.
He is the toughest guy in the gang and is killed by the police.
Who is Dally?
This word means cool and sharp looking.
What is tuff?
This character is severely wounded in the church fire.
Who is Johnny?
She went to live with her grandmother in ____________. Who is 'she' and where did she go?
Who is Sandy?
Where is Florida.
What is the name of the place Johnny and Pony are told to take a train to?
Windrixville
He is movie-star handsome and wanted to marry Sandy.
Who is Sodapop?
These two characters have a major disagreement at the Nightly Double. One of the two is attracted to the other. Can you name them?
note: while the movie is being shown...
Who are Dally and Cherry?
This character's parents never gave him rules or boundaries according to his friend.
This same friend didn't want to participate in the rumble... name him.
Who is Bob?
Who is Randy?
Who is Steve's girlfriend?
"But _________ saw no reason to throw away a perfectly good, free Coke." Name this girl.
Who is Evie?
Who is Marcia?
The technique that authors use to give the reader clues about what will happen later in the story.
Secondly, why was Tim Shepard's gang looking for Dally while Pony, Johnny, Cherry and Marcia were watching the movie at the Nightly Double. What did Dally do to provoke Tim?
What is foreshadowing?
Dally slashed Tim's tires.
He is the gang's pet. He does not have a good relationship with his parents.
He is the guidance councilor who rides in the ambulance with Ponyboy.
Who is Johnny?
Who is Jerry Wood?
These people are not emotional and very rich.
Secondly, which vocab word means to weep or cry noisily?
Who are the Socs?
What is 'to bawl'.
Pony and Cherry love watching ____________ and it shows that perhaps the Socs and Greasers aren't so different after all.
Secondly, what saved Ponyboy from being severely burned while in the church.
What are sunsets? She kind of shrugged. “I could just tell. I’ll bet you watch sunsets, too.” She was quiet for a minute after I nodded. “I used to watch them, too, before I got so busy . . .
What is Dally's jacket?
Ages-How old is each character: Dally (?), Darry (?), Two-Bit (?)
Secondly, whose eyes are described as "blue, BLAZING ice, cold..."
Dally/Dallas (17)
Darry/Darrel (20)
Two-Bit (18.5)
Who is Dally?
a) too mysterious to be understood.
b) showing a lack of belief; doubting; not ready to believe. (ex. He listened to the neighbor's story with an _____ smile.)
c) a small tuft of hair that will not lie flat.
a) What is unfathomable?
b) What is incredulous?
c) What is a 'cowlick'?
She is Bob's girlfriend. She loves sunsets too.
Elvis Presley was loved by the __________.
Which musical group was loved by the Socs?
Who is Cherry?
Who are the greasers?
Who are the Beatles?
This person kills Bob.
On which mountain does one find the abandoned church?
Who is Johnny?
What is Jay Mountain?
What was the name of the book that Johnny bought while they both were hiding in the church?
"I couldn't tell Two-Bit or Steve or even Darry about the sunrise and clouds and stuff. I couldn't even remember that poem around them. I mean, they just don't dig. Just you and __________________. And maybe ____________." Name the two other characters.
What is GONE WITH THE WIND?
Who are Sodapop and Cherry Valance?
Which greaser never smoked a weed in his life?
Who wrote the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
"Only last week _________________ had cracked three of Dally's ribs." Who is the person in question (the person who cracked Dally's ribs)?
Who is Darry/Darrel?
Who is Robert Frost?
Who is Tim Shepard? (chapter 8)