Details
Big Ideas
Patterns
Rules
Multiple Perspectives
100
How did Johnny kill Bob?
With a knife/stabbed him.
100
What details support the big idea that Johnny acted in self defense when he killed Bob?
Bob and the Socs were drunk; Bob and the Socs were looking for a fight and approached Johnny and Ponyboy; Dave attacked Ponyboy, and Bob tried to attack Johnny.
100
What do Cherry and Ponyboy talk about in Chapter 3 that Ponyboy and Johnny also talk about in Chapter 5?
The sunset
100
As a rule, Socs always have more of this than Greasers.
Money
100
Based on the ending of Chapter 6, how did Darry actually feel about hitting Ponyboy?
He felt awful.
200
What book did Johnny buy for Ponyboy and how did he know to get this book?
Johnny got Ponyboy Gone With the Wind. He got the book because he remembered that Ponyboy had always wanted a copy, and they went to see the movie together.
200
What details support the big idea that Johnny and Ponyboy are heroes?
Johnny and Ponyboy ran into a burning church and saved the children stuck inside.
200
What important event in Johnny's life as a Greaser does the author repeat in multiple chapters?
Johnny getting beaten up by the Socs.
200
If Greasers are ever confronted by the police about something another Greaser has done, what should they do?
Greasers should keep their mouth shut.
200
When Ponyboy started freaking out right after Johnny killed Bob, how did Johnny react?
Johnny kept a cool head and said they needed a plan, money, and a gun.
300
What was Dally's reaction when Johnny said he wanted to turn himself in?
Dally was angry and afraid that Johnny would become hardened in jail.
300
Why does Johnny care so much about whether or not his parents ask about him when he runs away?
Johnny is sensitive, and it matters to him that his parents care about him and want him around. The Greasers can't replace his parents.
300
What struggle does Ponyboy have with Darry that gets repeated in earlier chapters, again in Chapter 5, and is resolved in Chapter 6?
Ponyboy struggles with feeling like Darry doesn't love him or want him.
300
Greasers are like a _______________.
A family.
300
What perspective does Jerry (the teacher who rode with Ponyboy the hospital) have about Johnny and Ponyboy?
He sees them as heroes because they saved the children. He doesn't see them as Greasers - just kids who did something brave. He also believes that Johnny and Ponyboy's brave decision will help Johnny and Ponyboy's case.
400
Who wrote the poem Ponyboy quoted to Johnny at the church?
Robert Frost
400
How do we see Johnny change from the beginning of the novel through Chapter 6?
Johnny grows from being jumpy and nervous to being confident and brave.
400
Dally breaks his pattern of caring only for himself when he does this.
Helps Johnny and Ponyboy
400
When Cherry and Ponyboy talk about how/why Greasers and Socs are different from each other, Cherry says that Socs don't feel and anything and Greasers...
Feel too violently.
400
Why does Cherry think the mess Johnny and Ponyboy are in is her fault?
She and Marcia allowed themselves to spend time with Johnny and Ponyboy when they shouldn't have. Bob is her boyfriend, and she knew he wouldn't be okay with her hanging out with Greasers.
500
What happened to Johnny when he saved the kids from the fire?
A beam fell on him, possibly breaking his back. He also suffered major burns.
500
In Chapter 5, Johnny and Ponyboy talk about poetry and the sunset, and Dally shares that Cherry is going to be a spy for the Greasers. How do these details contradict the stereotypes Greasers and Socs usually fall into?
These details show that these stereotypes are not always accurate. Greasers can be soft and thoughtful, and Socs can think of others.
500
Ponyboy and most of the Greasers do this all the time.
Smoke
500
Greasers' clothes and hair tend to include (name three!)...
-blue jeans
-jean jackets
-leather jackets
-long, greasy hair
500
In Chapter 4, Dally helps Johnny and Ponyboy escape; he checks in on them; he shows anger and concern when Johnny says he wants to turn himself in. Earlier in the novel, we also see Dally allow Johnny to stand up to him. How does Dally really feel about Johnny?
It appears that Dally really cares about Johnny and has a soft spot for him.