The Gang
Are you talkin' to me?
Cast of Characters
Plot Points
Miscellaneous
100
Who is Soda's best friend?
Steve Randall
100

"Soda kinda looks like your mother did, but he acts exactly like your father. And Darry is the spittin' image of your father, but he ain't wild and laughing all the time like he was. He acts like your mother. And you don't act like either one." Who is the speaker and who is being spoken to?

Speaker: Johnny Spoken to: Ponyboy

100
What is Cherry's friend's name?
Marcia
100
Where are the boys when Dally announces to them that Cherry is a spy?
The Dairy Queen
100
What is the name of the poem that Johnny and Pony discussed at the church? Who is the author?
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
200

What color of eyes do Johnny & Soda have?

Brown

200

Who said this? "No...not innocent. You've seen too much to be innocent. Just not...dirty," and to whom?

Cherry to Ponyboy at the Drive-In

200
What is the name of Dally's rodeo partner?
Buck Merrill
200
How does Ponyboy feel about Steve Randall? Why?
He doesn't like him because Steve always dislikes when Ponyboy "tags along" with Soda.
200
What is the name of the town and the mountain where Johnny and Pony hide in the abandoned church?
Windrixville/Jay Mountain
300

How did Two-Bit get his nick name?

He is always making wisecracks (being silly)

300

"Let's walk to the park and back. Then maybe I'll be cooled off enough to go home." Speaker? Spoken to? Why does this person not want to go home yet?

Ponyboy...Johnny...Because Darry hit him.

300
Who is the Greaser who is somewhat similar to Dally and often clashes with him because of their similarities?
Tim Shepherd
300
What is the name of the novel that Johnny brings back for Ponyboy?
Gone with the Wind
300
What item does Johnny bring back that Ponyboy says none of the other guys in the gang would have thought to buy?
Soap
400

"He looks older than twenty-tough, cool, and smart. He would be real handsome if his eyes weren't so cold. He doesn't understand anything that is not plain hard fact."

Darry

400

"'Cause I'm dumb. The only things I was passing anyway were auto mechanics and gym." Who is the speaker? Who is being spoken to? What are these two people speaking about?

Soda...Ponyboy...They are discussing why Soda dropped out of school

400
What is the name of Soda's girlfriend?
Sandy
400
Name two themes in the novel.
Childhood Innocence, Individual Identity, Divided Communities
400
What does the sunset represent?
The unity between Socs and Greasers
500
Order these characters from youngest to oldest: Ponyboy, Soda, Johnny, Darry, Two-Bit.
Ponyboy, Johnny, Soda, Two-Bit, Darry
500

"Nope. We're all cried out now. We're gettin' used to the idea. We're gonna be okay now." Speaker? Spoken to? Where are these two characters?

Johnny...Ponyboy...In the abandoned church

500
What is the name of Dally's ex-girlfriend who ran out on him?
Sylvia
500
What are three examples that the poem 'Nothing Gold Can Stay" uses to get the idea across that everything pure and beautiful will eventually fade?
The gold of the buds turning to green, the flowering bud turning into a leaf, the garden of Eden falling, dawn turning into day.
500
What signal does Johnny use to let Ponyboy know what he has arrived back at the abandoned church? What does signal mean?
What is a specific whistle that means "Who's there?"
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