Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, Steve Randle, Two-Bit Matthews, Dally, and Johnny.
What is the Greaser Gang?
100
Oklahoma, 1960s
What is the setting of the novel?
100
"Stay gold, Ponyboy...Stay gold"
What are Johnny's last words to Ponyboy when he is dying.
100
Oklahoma, 1960s
What is the setting?
100
What characters in the novel have changed? Explain using evidence from the text.
Randy- realizes that everyone has troubles and that fighting does no good
Ponyboy- realizes that not all Socs are bad people
Darry- shows compassion towards Ponyboy
Soda- doesn't like fighting
200
Upper West Side rich kids.
What is the Socs gang?
200
Ponyboy tells Cherry Valance about when Johnny was beaten up by the Socs 4 months ago.
What is a flashback?
200
"We both saw the same sunset"
What is the conversation between Cherry and Ponyboy. It is significant because they begin to realize that their lives are both tough.
200
What is the turning point of the novel?
Johnny and Dally both die.
200
Why does Ponyboy keep saying that he was the one who killed Bob?
He feels guilty for what happened to Johnny, and he felt that if he kept telling himself that Johnny was ok, then it wouldn't hurt so much.
300
Long, greasy, oily hair
What is the pride and joy of the Greasers?
300
"They were all as tough as nails"
What is a simile?
300
What is the significance of this quote?
"Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong."
This is the point in the story where things take a turn for the words. Johnny and Ponyboy end up at the park and the Socs show up looking for a fight.
300
What events are in the rising action?
Ponyboy is jumped.
Johnny and Pony meet the girls at the movie.
Socs attack Ponyboy and Johnny.
Ponyboy and Johnny go into hiding.
Church burns down.
Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids.
Johnny and Dally are in the hospital.
The rumble occurs!
Johnny and Dally die.
300
What do you think the doctor told the judge before the hearing? Why do you think he told him this information?
Ponyboy was not himself because of what he had been through. The doctor told the judge this because he did not want Ponyboy to tell the Judge that he was the one who killed Bob because that was not true.
400
What is the difference between the Greasers and the Socs?
The Greasers are from the east side; they are poor hoodlums who steal cars and fight in rumbles.
The Socs are upper west side rich kids who start fights and throw beer blasts.
400
"Lively, dancing, recklessly laughing eyes"
What is personification?
400
What is the significance of the following quote? "He kept trying to make someone say NO!"
Bob was a Socs who was always getting drunk, getting into fights, and trying to make someone tell him no, but no one ever did. He took it too far, and now he is dead.
400
What events are part of the falling action?
Ponyboy gets sick after the rumble.
Soda tells Darry and Ponyboy what fighting does to him.
Pony reads Johnny's letter.
Ponyboy writes his theme.
400
What action in the last chapter of the novel show that Ponyboy did not become tough like he claimed to be? What does this prove?
Ponyboy picks up the broken glass after breaking the bottle to scare off the Socs. This proves that he is a caring person who wants the best for everyone.
500
The 1st person narrator of the novel. Young, intelligent,and caring.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
500
"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."
What is a metaphor?
500
What is the significance of the following quote?
"No Johnny! Not my hair!"
The Greaser hair is their pride and joy. The long, greasy hair signifies that they are greasers, and if they cut it, they will no longer have that identity.
500
What is the resolution of the novel?
Ponyboy realizes that the two groups have things in common and they both have difficult lives. The groups both realize that fighting doesn't do any good.
500
What might be the theme of the novel?
You don't know what you have until it's gone.
Always be a good person.
Money does not always bring happiness.
Everyone goes through hard times.