Vocabulary #1
Bold resistance of authority
What is defiance?
What happens to Ponyboy at the park when he is there with Johnny?
He is jumped by the Socs and begins to get drowned in the fountain.
Who is the "spy" Dally speaks of?
Cherry Valance
"There's an old ______________ church on top of Jay Mountain."
What is abandoned?
Moment of understanding
What is realization?
Hide from; escaped
What is eluded?
To disguise themselves, the boys cut their hair. Why is Pony so resistant to do anything with his hair?
Pony is resistant because his hair is his pride as a Greaser.
"Johnny and I _____________ on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits"
What is gorged?
The act of breathing in
What is inhalation?
Unwillingly
What is reluctantly?
What does Dally bring to Ponyboy from Sodapop? What does Pony learn from it about Darry's feelings?
He brings a letter from Soda. Pony learns that Darry is sorry that he hit him and is worried about him.
"You just keeled over from smoke _______________ and a little shock."
What is inhalation?
Left empty; deserted
What is abandoned?
A sense of ending
What is finality?
After the murder, how do the boys get where they are going (what mode of transportation)?
They take a train to Windrixville and stay at Jay Mountain.
How did Dally mislead the police?
He told the police that Pony and Johnny were heading to Texas.
"I guess the guy knew how close to _______________ I really was, for he talked to me in a low soothing voice..."
What is hysterics?
Stuffed oneself with food
What is gorged?
Responding with hatred
What is contemptuously?
To whom do Ponyboy and Johnny go to for help? List AT LEAST two items this character gives them.
Dally
gun, money, jacket, shirt
When Dally says that his unloaded gun "sure does help a bluff...", what does he mean?
He means that people don't know that it isn't loaded or that he doesn't intend to use it, so they back off and are afraid of him.
"Yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage _____________ of the world."
What is defiance?
To act with craziness