Vocabulary: Chapter 4-5
Vocabulary: Chapter 5-6
Chapter 4 Questions
Chapter 5 Questions
Chapter 6 Questions
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Define: defiance
open resistance; bold disobedience
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Define: eluded
evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way
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Why does Ponyboy leave home? What traumatic event happens to Ponyboy at the park?
Ponyboy leaves because of the altercation that takes place between him and Darry (Darry slaps Ponyboy). Ponyboy is almost drowned after being jumped by the Socs.
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When Pony wakes up, why is he alone? What does Johnny bring back?

Johnny goes to get supplies.(baloney, cigarettes and a copy of Gone With the Wind)

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What does Johnny announce that he and Ponyboy are going to do? Why does he think it is best?

Turn themselves in.

He doesn't think it is fair to for Ponyboy to be stranded at the church. Johnny also believes that he will be let off easy and the murder will be counted as self-defense

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Define: jolt

A sudden jerk, shock, or bump

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Define: indignant
feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair
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Why does Johnny go after Bob? What is the result?
He is drowning Ponyboy. He kills Bob by stabbing him.
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Who does Johnny think is a hero? 

Johnny thinks that Dally is a hero because of Dally's deep loyalty to his fellow Greasers and the way he accepts the blame for something another gang member did.

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What does Dally tell him when Johnny asks about his parents? How does Johnny react?

His parents did not ask about him.

Johnny is hurt even though he tries to hide it.

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Define: premonition

a strong feeling that something is about to happen, esp. something unpleasant

forewarning or foreboding of a future event

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Define: towheaded

having light, almost white blonde hair
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To whom do Ponyboy and Johnny go to for help? What does he give them? What does he tell them to do?
They go to Dally and they get money and a gun and he tells them to go to Windrixville.
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What do the boys do to disguise themselves? Why is Pony so reluctant to do anything with his hair?
They bleach and cut their hair. Ponyboy doesn't want to cut and bleach his hair because he takes pride in his hair.
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What is happening at the church when they return? Describe what Johnny and Ponyboy do about it. 

The church is on fire. Johnny and Ponyboy both go to save the small children who are inside of the burning church. 

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Define: imploringly
to beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something
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Define: tuft

a small bunch or clump of hair or feathers

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How do the boys get to where they are going? Where are they going to stay?
They get there by jumping on a train (freight car). They stay at an abandoned church.
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How did Dally mislead the police?
He told them that Johnny and PB went to Texas.
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Describe Johnny's, Dally's and Ponyboy's injuries sustained after the what happened at the church.

Johnny: Possible broken back, unconscious, badly burned.

Dally: hurt/burnt arm

Ponyboy: Barely burned, bruised back.

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Define: doggedly

persistent in effort;

stubbornly tenacious

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Define: unceasingly

continuously, without stopping

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What does Pony mean when he says the Socs were “reeling pickled” on page 54?

Ponyboy is inferring that the Socs are drunk.

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Who is the "spy"?
Cherry
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Describe Darry's secret fear.

Losing Ponyboy and/or somebody else he loves.

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