Vocabulary
The word meaning... to look at with a fixed or angry gaze
What is glare?
The word meaning rough as described by Ponyboy in chapter 1...
What is tough?
This character is named after her red hair...
Who is Cherry?
The word meaning...
a tuft of hair in a different direction from the rest
What is cowlick?
The 60s slang word meaning police...
What is the fuzz?
A word meaning... a group or class of persons enjoying superior status.
What is elite?
The term for boys who have slicked back hair, leather jackets, and live on the East Side?
Who is a greaser?
This character is known as being "hurt and scared" because of what the Socs did to him...
Who is Johnny?
A word meaning... a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
What is grudge?
A word meaning... a street fight between rival groups
What is rumble?
The word for... a band of fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages.
What is a ligament?
What is the "the cooler?"
This character offered to drive Marcia and Cherry home...
Who is Two-Bit?
The word meaning... impossible to come to understand.
What is unfathomable?
A word for an attractive girl
What is a broad?
A word meaning... in a composed and unconcerned manner.
ex. “Okay,” I said ________, “might as well.”
What is nonchalantly?
The nickname used for Keith because he can never stop talking and joking around...
Who is Two-Bit?
Who is Mickey Mouse? (Sodapop's horse)
Word meaning... in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
What is gingerly?
The term for a cigarette?
What is a cancer stick?
The word meaning... not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
What is incredulous?
The Socs stands for what word?
What is the Socials?
Cherry's boyfriend (a Soc) who almost starts a fight with the Greasers?
The word meaning... a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
ex. Socs were always behind a wall of ______, careful not to let their real selves show through.
What is aloofness?
Term used what referring to "doing it on your own."
What is lone it?