People & Places
The narrator of the novel.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
This character is the joker of the gang and has to comment on everything, hence his name.
Who is Two-Bit Matthews?
"Leave her alone, Dally."
Who is Johnny?
This is the reason Ponyboy lives alone with his two brothers.
What is parents got in a car crash and died?
This is the name of the drive-in movie theatre.
What is the Nightly Double?
The gang's "pet".
Who is Johnny Cade?
This character has a girlfriend named Sandy and is "movie star handsome".
Who is Sodapop Curtis?
"Next time you want a broad, pick up your own kind."
Who is Bob the soc
This happens at the beginning of the novel that sets everything in motion.
What is the Soc's trying to beat up Ponyboy on his way home from the movies?
Dally Winston does this sometimes as a hobby.
What is ride horses/jockey in horse racing?
The full name of the Soc Ponyboy meets at the drive-in movie theater.
Who is Cherry Valance?
Greasy hair, t-shirts, and blue jeans name this gang.
Who are the Greasers?
"You get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me."
Who is Dally Winston?
This is the reason Johnny is so jumpy.
What is got beat up by socs?
Johnny and Ponyboy read this novel while they are in hiding at the church.
What is Gone With the Wind?
The place where Johnny and Ponyboy escape and where they stay.
What is Jay Mountain and the church?
Socs are defined by these things
What are Madras shirts, living on the east side, rich, and Corvairs?
This character says this about Two-Bit Matthew's girlfriend's brother: "He's so greasy he glides when he walks. He goes to the barber for an oil change not a haircut."
Who is Ponyboy?
The primary conflict/problem between the greasers and the socs is defined as this.
What is being poor (greasers) vs. being rich (socs) and living in those neighborhoods?
This is what makes Ponyboy and Cherry similar.
What is they both have problems?
This character was in jail at the age of ten, is mean and cold on the outside but cares deeply for Johnny.
Who is Dallas Winston?
This character is the leader of the Greaser Gang and is the eldest of the Curtis brothers.
Who is Darry Curtis?
What is "Things are tough all over?"
These are three things Johnny and Ponyboy did during the week in the church.
What is ate bologna sandwiches, played cards, smoked, read Gone With the Wind?
This is the author of the novel.
Who is S.E. Hinton?