Characters
Conflicts
Greaser vs Socs
Places
Misc.
100
Who killed Bob?
Johnny
100
Who is the 'fuzz'?
The police.
100
Why are the Greasers, Tim Shepard's gang, and the Socs going to fight?
Because Johnny and Ponyboy killed Bob.
100
Where are Johnny and Ponyboy hiding from the police?
A church
100
What was Ponyboy tired of eating?
Baloney
200
Which two characters were hiding in the church?
Johnny and Ponyboy
200
What conflict do Johnny and Ponyboy try and avoid by cutting their hair?
Fitting the police's descriptions of them in the newspaper.
200
What is a 'heater'?
A gun.
200
Where do the police think that Johnny and Ponyboy went?
To Texas.
200
What two things did Sodapop send Ponyboy?
A letter and half of his paycheck.
300
Who sent Ponyboy a letter while he was at the church?
Sodapop
300
Why do Ponyboy and Johnny start crying at the church?
Everything was happening so quickly, they were homesick, and they felt badly about killing Bob.
300
What does Dally say his reason is for carrying a heater?
He says it isn't loaded. But it helps as a bluff.
300
Where do the boys go after Dally gets to the church?
To eat at Dairy Queen.
300
What were the boys doing to pass time at the church while waiting for Dally?
They were playing poker and reading.
400
Who is going to spy for the Greasers?
Cherry
400
What does Johnny mean when he says to Ponyboy that his family sure is funny?
That Ponyboy doesn't act like either his mother or his father.
400
What happens if the Greasers and Tim Shepard's gang win the fight against the Socs?
The Socs stay out of their territory for good.
400
Where are the Greasers, Tim Shepard's gang, and the Socs going to fight?
The vacant lot.
400
Why does Johnny admire Dally?
His ability to stay calm when he got in trouble.
500
Who told the police that the boys are heading to Texas?
Dally
500
Why does the judge make people cut their hair when they get caught?
It's just a way of trying to break them. They can't take anything away from them because they don't have anything in the first place. So they cut their hair.
500
What happens if the Socs win the fight against the Greasers and Tim Shepard's gang?
Things go on as usual.
500
Why does Johnny say that Two-Bit should have been in the little one-horse store where he bought the supplies?
Things were laying out wide open just waiting for someone like Two-Bit to steal them.
500
What does "gold" mean in the poem that says: "Nothing gold can stay."?
Innocence, youth, the horizon.
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