Vocabulary Terms
What is Grimace?
A look of pain or disgust.
"I knew I was as white as a sheet and I was shaking like a leaf"
What is a simile?
Johnny tells Dally that:
He's going to turn himself in.
Darry was strict with Ponyboy because . . .
What is He feared losing him like he lost his parents.
What is Sullenly (Sullen)?
Dismal, gloomy, silent, or sad.
An object (noun) that represents something larger than itself. For example, an apple.
What is a symbol?
Why did Dally tell Johnny not to turn himself in?
Dally didn't want Johnny to end up hardened like him.
Although the newspapers report that Johnny and Ponyboy are heroes, what troubling news does Pony find out?
What is That there will be a court hearing and that he might have to go to a boy's home?
This character strains his muscles while carrying roofing supplies.
Darry Curtis
What is Indignant?
Filled with anger.
Ponyboy and Johnny pass time at the church by reading Gone with the Wind. Ponyboy recites the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay. These are examples of...
What is allusion?
While Pony waits at the hospital, and Soda and Darry comes in, what does Pony realize?
Pony finally realizes that Darry does care about him.
This character confesses to having an attraction toward Dally.
Cherry Valance
What is Elude?
To avoid or escape something or someone.
Pony discovers this about Randy after speaking to him.
What is He begins to see Randy as a real person, not just a Soc.
At the church, when Pony and Johnny talk about the night of the murder:
They cry until they get used to the situation.
This character refuses to see his mother when he's in the hospital.
Johnny Cade
What is Doggedly (Dogged)?
To be stubborn. To not give in easily.
When Dally visited Ponyboy and Johnny, he brought a letter from . . .
Who is Sodapop?
Why couldn't Darry call the cops when Ponyboy didn't come home on time?
Ponyboy might get put in a foster home if he does.
This character brags about his long criminal record.
Dally Winston