Story
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100
What do Johnny and PonyBoy do that makes other consider them as heroes?
They save children from a burning building.
100
Johnny and Ponyboy meet Cherry and Marcia at ______.
The drive-in movie theatre
100
Who is the Soc that is killed by a Greaser during a fight?
Bob
100
Define "gingerly" and use it in a sentence
- in a careful or conscious manner (She gingerly picked up the seal.)
100
Who is Mr. Scott's favorite superhero?
Batman. Any wrong answers will suffer immediate death.
200
How did Johnny and Pony know to go the church after Johnny killed Bob?
Dallas told them to take a train and to jump off in a certain place. He then told them to go up some hills until they found the abandoned church.
200
Why does Two Bit think Marcia gave him a fake phone number?
She couldn't be seen hanging out with him because he was a Greaser.
200
Dies from injuries sustained during a church fire, tells Ponyboy to "stay gold"
Johnny Cade
200
Define "manipulate"
- to cleverly control or influence a situation or person carefully "Jane manipulated me into going to the theatre with her."
200
What movie is this quote from? "Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic." DOUBLE POINTS if you can name the character that said the quote.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (pt. 2) Albus Dumbledore
300
"Soda is handsomer than anyone else..." is an example of a- direct characterization b- indirect characterization
A
300
Darry shows his love and responsibility for PonyBoy through : a) indirect characterization b) direct characterization
Indirect Characterization - The narrator (Pony) doesn't directly say that Darry is caring for him; however, as readers we see how Darry cares for Pony by having him get his homework done, protecting him, wanting to know where he is, etc.
300
The leader of a wild gang of Greasers from Brumley; brother to Curly Shepard
Tim Shepard
300
Define "contempt"
- disregard for something that should be taken into account / feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration
300
"I like to swim in the summertime." TO SWIM would be an example of a a) infinitive phrase b) participial phrase
A
400
Why does Cherry help the Greasers?
She hates fighting and wants the feud between the Greasers/Socs to end.
400
What was a major symbol of Johnny's fear of the Socs? (hint: what did Johnny focus on a lot during times of trouble? What image came to his mind? It was repeated several times throughout the book)
Lots of rings on a hand
400
Who said this line? "I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."
PonyBoy
400
Which of the following Vocab Words is used incorrectly. I DESPERATELY had to go the bathroom. The sun RADIATES heat to Earth. I ACQUITTED the broccoli before I put it in the soup. I VAGUELY remembered her from kindergarten.
ACQUITTED
400
Identify the parts of speech in the following sentence: THE QUICK BROWN DOG JUMPED OVER THE LAZY CAT.
adjectives = quick, brown, lazy nouns = dog, cat verb = jumped
500
When Ponyboy wishes he knew "what it was like to be inside a burning ember," it is an example of a- foreshadowing b- epiphany c- compound sentence d- theme
A- foreshadowing. This is foreshadowing because later in the story, PonyBoy actually is inside of a burning ember (the burning church).
500
How is Dally different from the other Greasers?
He's actually been to jail and has seen people killed by gangs when he lived in New York.
500
_____ is Sodapop's brother, _____ is from New York and dies at the end of the book.
Darry Dally (Dallas)
500
Which vocab word from the following sentence is used incorrectly? I was AGHAST when the judge read the CONVICTION that said the DELINQUENT was guilty of STUPOR crimes.
stupor
500
What is the order of letters for the keys on on the top row of a keyboard? (HINT: the first 3 letters are Q W E...)
Q W E R T Y U I O P
M
e
n
u