Characters
"Stay Gold"
Who is Johnny Cade
What is the point of view?
First-Person Narrative
Tough, cold, mean. Went to jail at the age of 10
Who is Dallas (Dally)
Red-headed Soc who is a spy for the Greasers
Who is Cherry Valance
"Ponyboy, sometimes you just don't use your head."
Who is Darry C.
Jumped Ponyboy and Johnny, was killed by Johnny.
Who is Bob
Why is Ponyboy different from the rest?
Ponyboy doesn't like violence. He's very book smart.
A character who is always frightened and abused
Who is Johnny Cade
"We gotta get even with the Socs. For Johnny"
Who is Dallas W.
Where did Ponyboy meet Cherry
What is the drive-in theater (Nightly Double)
Attractive, like a Greek God. Had a horse named Mickey Mouse.
Who is Sodapop
What is the difference between Tim Shepard's gang and the Greasers?
Tim Shepard's gang was organized with 1 leader. The Greasers were just a group of guys that hung out and were more like a family.
Oldest of the Curtis brothers; serious, determined
Who is Darry Curtis
"They had scared him [Johnny] that much. He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body..."
Who is Ponyboy
Three things Dallas gives the boys when they run away.
1. a heater
2. dry clothing
3. a plan/hideout spot
The Soc that "befriends" Ponyboy at the end of the novel.
Who is Randy
What did Johnny leave behind for Ponyboy after he died?
A note inside his copy of Gone with the Wind
A wise-cracker, real name is Keith Matthews
Who is Two-Bit
"The first thing I knew, I was telling her about Micky Mouse, Soda's horse. Soda had this buckskin horse, only it wasn't his. It belonged to a guy who kept it at the stables where Soda worked. Mickey Mouse was Soda's horse, though."
Who is Ponyboy
What reason does Ponyboy give for Dally wanting to die?
Johnny was his best friend, when he died Dally had nothing.
Greaser girlfriend, that moves to Florida.
Who is Sandy (Soda's girlfriend)
Dally was shot and killed by the cops, for aiming a [unload] heater at them.