Setting
Characters
Theme/Symbolism
Conflict
Figurative Language
100

Where does Johnny sometimes sleep?

The vacant lot

100

The youngest Greaser

Ponyboy

100

Which of the following objects symbolizes Two Bit Matthews?

a gun

a switchblade

a movie ticket

switchblade

100

DAILY DOUBLE

What kind of conflict is this: Johnny is very nervous and easily scared after he was beat up by Socs.

Internal

100

"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."

Metaphor

200

What's the town closest to the church?

Windrixville

200

The Greaser who fights because it's a competition

Darry

200

What symbol is referred to multiple times throughout the novel and emphasizes the theme that we all have problems and have more in common than we realize?

The sun

200

Describe Darry and Ponyboy's relationship - what causes conflict between them?

Darry is very critical of Ponyboy and doesn't really show much affection, so Ponyboy thinks he doesn't really love him.

200

"I had a sick feeling in my stomach and it wasn't from being ill. I had the same deathly fear that something was going to happen that none of us could stop."

foreshadowing

300

What is the setting of the novel?

Tulsa, 1960's

300

Sodapop's best friend

Steve Randle

300

What's the name of the poem that Ponyboy is reminded of while at the church? Hint - its lines have to do childhood and growing up.

Double points if you know the author!

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Robert Frost

300

What kind of conflict is this - the church catching fire.

Person vs. nature

300

"I heard our Ford's vvrrrooooom and thought: Soda's driving."

onomatopoeia

400

Where does Ponyboy first meet Cherry?

the movies

400

The Soc who said he was done with fighting

Randy

400

What does the title of the book have to do with its theme?

The Greasers are outsiders, people who don't belong, but Ponyboy even feels like an outsider within the gang and his own family because he is different.
400

What kind of conflict is this - the Greasers are judged by society as bad kids because they are poor and often in trouble with the law.

person vs. society

400

"I'd die if I got my picture in the paper with my hair looking so lousy."

hyperbole

500

Where did Dally used to live?

New York

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Who drove Ponyboy to the hospital to see Johnny after the big rumble?

Dally

500

Name a symbol for the Socs - what makes it obvious that they have money and power?

their cars

500

What kind of conflict is this - Bob was drowning Ponyboy so Johnny stabbed him.

Person vs. person

500

"All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces of it broke off and floated away in small clouds. The sky was lighter in the east, and the horizon was a thin golden line. The clouds changed from gray to pink, and the mist was touched with gold."

Visual imagery

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