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Ponyboy’s brother who works at a gas station, is handsome, is popular, and understands people’s emotions well.
Sodapop
The name of a soc. He is Cherry's boyfriend. He is killed by Johnny during a fight.
Bob
Johnny and Ponyboy are declared heroes after they ________________
Go into the burning church to rescue some schoolchildren
Johnny always carries around a six inch ___________ after being mugged four months ago.
switchblade
My favorite character is Sodapop
Unlike Dally, he's never been caught by a cop
He's worked at a gas station ever since he lost his pop
He's nice to everyone, has long hair like a mop
This is an example of: __________
(End) Rhyme
Ponyboy’s best friend who is a quiet 16 year old. His parents are abusive and neglectful. He kills Bob
Johnny
The "fuzz" is a nickname the greasers have for ____________
the police
Johnny's decision to _____________ shocks Dally
Go back and confess his crime
In order to calm their nerves, the greasers often give each other a _____________
cigarette
“Her hardest hue to hold”
This is an example of: __________
Alliteration (Repeating the same sound "h" at the beginning of the word)
A soc cheerleader who attends the same highschool as Ponyboy and becomes his friend at the drive-in movie. She becomes a spy for the greasers after Bob is murdered
The main character of the novel, as well as the narrator. A 14-year old who lives with his two older brothers after his parents die in a car crash. He enjoys reading books and does well in school.
Ponyboy
Jerry tells Ponyboy not to ________ anymore because he is too young, this is the first time Ponyboy has heard such a thing
Smoke
Pony hates Johnny's idea to change his _________ because it is part of his identity as a greaser.
Hair (Johnny wants to cut and bleach it for a disguise)
"So Eden sank to grief"
This is an example of: ____________
Personification. (Giving Eden - a nonhuman thing - human qualities and characteristics)
This greaser is 17. He gives Johnny and Pony a gun and some money when they run away
Dally
Ponyboy’s oldest brother. When Ponyboy breaks curfew, he slaps him. However, when visiting Ponyboy in the hospital, this character cries...showing Pony that he has cared for him all along.
Darry
Johnny kills Bob when Bob (and the other socs) try to ________________
Drown Ponyboy in a cold fountain
These are the two things that show that Bob is the same soc who beat Johnny up a few months a go: ___________ and __________
Drives blue mustang and wears rings
Johnny quotes the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by _________ in chapter 5.
Robert Frost
The name of the school teacher who rides in the ambulance with Ponyboy to the hospital.
Jerry
This greaser is worried that, if Johnny confesses his crime, he will go to jail. He doesn't want Johnny to get hardened by jail like he himself did.
Dally
Which characters are only mildly injured by the fire? Which character is most injured? What are their injuries?
Mildly injured: Ponyboy and Dally (some burns)
Severely injured: Johnny (might have broken back)
This is the title of the book that Pony boy reads aloud to Johnny to pass the time at the abandoned church
Gone with the Wind
This word, from the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" means for something to fade away
Word begins with "S"
Subside