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Who is the narrator and main character?
Ponyboy
100
What vocabulary word is a name for a fight between gangs?
rumble
100
In chapter 1, what bad thing happens to Ponyboy?
He is jumped by a group of Socs while walking home from the movies.
100
What is the name for an object or image that represents an idea, like how sunsets represents how everyone share something in common to Ponyboy?
symbolism
100
Who does Cherry say she could fall in love with?
Dally
200
Who are Ponyboy's brothers?
Sodapop and Darry
200
What word means to be anxious or nervous about what might happen?
apprehensive
200
Who do Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny meet at the drive-in (2 names)?
Cherry and Marcia
200
What do you call a problem in a story, like how Ponyboy thinks that Darry doesn't care about him?
conflict
200
What does Johnny do to Bob?
He kills him in the gang fight.
300
Who in the group gets beat by his dad and is the pet of the gang?
Johnny
300
What word means without stopping, or continually?
unceasingly
300
Why does Ponyboy decide to run away in chapter 3?
Darry hits him when he comes home late.
300
What do you call an answer or solution to a conflict in a story, like when Pony realizes that Darry does love him?
resolution
300
What is the name of the poem Ponyboy recites that inspires Johnny?
Nothing Gold Can Stay
400
Who helps Ponyboy and Johnny hide?
Dally
400
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word: With her fear of flights, she is _______________ about flying on a plane.
apprehensive
400
What does Bob do to Ponyboy in in the chapter 4 that instigates Johnny to attack Bob?
Bob tries to drown Ponyboy in a fountain.
400
Where is the story set? (city and state)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
400
What happens to the church where Ponyboy and Johnny were hiding?
It burns down.
500
Who has red hair and acts as a spy for the greasers later in the novel?
Cherry
500
Fill in the blank with the correct answer: I was so determined to passed the test, I studied _______________ for weeks.
unceasingly
500
Where do Ponyboy and Johnny hide?
an abandoned church
500
During what decade/time period is the story set?
the 1960s
500
What happens to Johnny in chapter 6?
After saving the kids from the burning church, he is hit with a piece of burning timber, possibly breaking his back.