Plot Events
When Dally came to visit Johnny and Ponyboy at the church, he brought this item...
A letter from Sodapop
"If we don't have each other, we don't have anything. If you don't have anything, you end up like Dallas... and I don't mean dead, either. I mean like he was before. And that's worse than dead."
Sodapop
Mickey Mouse
Where were they when Ponyboy saw Darry cry
At the hospital
Who is the teacher who helps Ponyboy after the fire?
Mr. Jerry
This is how Cherry and Marcia got home from the movies
Randy and Bob picked them up
"I wasn't trying to give you charity, Ponyboy. I only wanted to help. I liked you from the start... the way you talked. You're a nice kid, Ponyboy. Do you realize how scarce nice kids are nowadays? Wouldn't you try to help me if you could?"
Cherry
Ponyboy and Johnny cutting their hair represents this
Where did Ponyboy first see Cherry?
At school; she's a cheerleader.
This is the name of Dally's ex girlfriend
Sylvia
When they saw the church on fire, this is who went in first, who followed, and who waited outside
Ponyboy went in first, Johnny followed, and Dally waited outside
"It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet--- and so many things I ain't seen. It's not fair. You know what? That time we were in Windrixville was the only time I've been away from our neighborhood."
Johnny
Ponyboy and Johnny stay in the church until it catches on fire. What does the church represent? What does the first represent?
Fire: change
Where were they when Randy told Ponyboy that he wouldn't have saved the kids from the fire
In Randy's car
This is whose party Dally was at when Ponyboy and Johnny came to get help after killing Bob
Buck Merrill's
List five things Ponyboy and Johnny do while they are waiting in the church
Possible answers: Read "Gone with the Wind," eat baloney sandwiches, smoke cigarettes, cut their hair, play poker, watch the sunrise, recite "Nothing Gold Can Stay," sleep.
"Is that all that's bothering you, that switchblade?" a red-eyed _____ had snapped at him. "No," ______ had said with a quivering sigh, "but that's what I'm wishing was all that's bothering me."
Steve and Two-Bit
Dally carries an unloaded gun. Why is this symbolic?
It is different on the outside than on the inside. Seems scary but is actually not scary.
Double points if you mention how this is like Dally himself or like the stereotype of the greasers
Where were they when Dally told Ponyboy and Johnny that Cherry was spying for them?
At Dairy Queen
Mr. Syme
How do Dally and Ponyboy get to the hospital so fast after the rumble?
They have a police escort
Oh, hell, I know it," _____ half-sobbed, "but what can I do? I'm marked chicken if I punk out at the rumble, and I'd hate myself if I didn't. I don't know what to do."
Randy
In the book, we hear about sunsets and sunrises. Who watches the sunset? What does this represent? Who watches the sunrise? What happens while they watch? What does this represent?
Sunset: Ponyboy and Cherry watch the sunset. This represents the "basic sameness between the greasers and the Socs."
Sunrise: Ponyboy and Johnny watch the sunrise. Ponyboy recites "Nothing Gold Can Stay." This represents staying good and not getting tough
Where was Dally when he killed?
+200 points: under the street light
These are the three characters / groups that Ponyboy says "we all knew would die some day" after he sees Dally die
Tim Shepard, Curly Shepard, the Brumly Boys