Synonyms
Synonym for confused
What is bewildered?
Antonym for inferior
What is elite?
I held the valuable and fragile figurine _________ to avoid breaking it.
What is gingerly?
Four months before the story opens, this character was jumped by a group of Socs and beaten very badly.
Who is Johnny?
"So I stood there like a bump on a log while [the Socs] surrounded me" (4).
What is a simile?
This planet is nicknamed the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
Synonym for beg
What is implore?
Antonym for confident
What is apprehensive?
The __________ officer rushed into action, risking his own life, to save the woman from a mugger.
What is gallant?
These are the three Curtis brothers.
Who are Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry?
What is hyperbole?
This movie features the line "May the Force be with you."
What is Star Wars?
Synonym for casual
What is nonchalant?
Antonym for energetically
What is wearily?
After a black cat crossed his path, Jack had a ___________ that something bad would happen.
What is premonition?
This is the state that the novel is set in.
What is Oklahoma?
"...that kid Pip [from Great Expectations], he reminded me of us - the way he felt marked lousy because he wasn't a gentleman or anything, and the way that girl kept looking down on him" (15).
What is allusion?
This popular movie has the most sequels for a Pixar movie.
What is Toy Story?
Synonym for belief
What is conviction?
Antonym for happy
What is sullen?
While trying to _________ capture by the police, the criminal stole a car.
What is elude?
The Curtis parents died in a car accident this many months before the story starts.
What are 8 months?
"[The Socs] walked around slowly, silently, smiling" (4).
What is alliteration?
This is the only letter not in the name of a U.S. state.
What is "Q"?
Synonym for distant
Antonym for distinctiveness or unlikeness
What is conformity?
Roland developed superior social skills by following the __________ advice given by Carnegie in his classic text, How to Win Friends and Influence People.
What is sage?
On the way to the drive-in, Dally steals this item from a store (generic or brand name ).
What are Kools (cigarettes)?
"I could smell English Leather shaving lotion and stale tobacco, and I wondered foolishly if I would suffocate before they did anything" (5).
What is imagery?
This is the number of floors the Eiffel Tower has.
What are 3?
Synonym for shrewd or deceitful
What is cunning?
Antonym for rudimentary or easy
What is unfathomable?
The students were __________ when the superintendent declared a second snow day; they couldn't believe they could enjoy another day of sledding and drinking hot chocolate.
What is incredulous?
This is the name of Cherry's boyfriend. (a Soc)
Who is Bob?
"Soda isn't afraid of [Darry] like everyone else and enjoys teasing him. I'd just as soon tease a full-grown grizzly; but for some reason, Darry seems to like being teased by Soda" (9).
What is hyperbole?
Legend has it that President John Quincy Adams briefly kept this unusual pet (a gift from a French aristocrat) at the White House, scaring visitors.
What is an alligator?
Synonym for yearning
What is wistful?
Antonym for doubt
What is conviction?
Nervous to be on stage, she heard her voice start to ___________; however, she quickly steadied her nerves and her voice soon followed.
What is quaver
This number of Socs are in the blue Mustang that pulls up to Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry while they are walking with Cherry and Marcia.
What are 6?
"You couldn't shut up that guy; he always had to get his two-bits worth in. Hence his name" (10).
What is an idiom?
The speed of a computer mouse is measured in this.
What are mickeys.