Characters
One of the youngest members of the Greasers, alongside Ponyboy. Dies after saving children from a church fire.
Johnny Cade
The two conflicting groups at the center of the story.
The Greasers and the Socs
The full name of the artist who painted the portrait of Dorian.
Basil Hallward?
The name of the game at the heart of the Joy Luck Club gatherings.
Mahjong
The theme of this class.
What is "identity"?
Died by suicide because of harsh words from her love interest [first and last name].
Sibyl Vane
The members of the Greaser gang
[Name all 7!]
Ponyboy, Darry, Soda(pop), Dally, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Steve?
The substance/drug that Dorian began craving during his downward spiral into hedonism.
Opium
Why does Jing-mei return to China with her father at the end of the book.
To find her sisters and tell them about their mom
The main theme discussed in The Joy Luck Club
Cultural division
The name of Cherry Valance's boyfriend.
Bob Sheldon
What was the opening scene/first instance of group conflict in the book.
Ponyboy getting jumped by the Socs on his way back from the movies
The person described by this quote:
"Talking to him was like playing upon an exquisite violin...There was something terribly enthralling in the exercise of influence."
Lord Henry Wotton
Name of the city of refuge that Suyuan and her daughters fled to during the war.
Kweilin
A symbol for group identity that unites the greasers
long, greasy hair
This is Waverly's mother
Lindo Jong
The three forms/aspects of identity discussed in this book.
Individual, group, and social identity.
Who tries to kill Dorian?
James Vance
The object that determines how valid an arranged marriage is
A red candle
What Dorian is to Basil Hallward.
his muse
The brother of Rose Hsu that drowned
Bing
Last line of the Robert Frost poem Ponyboy memorized and recited to Johnny.
"Nothing gold can stay"
Where did the story take place?
London, England
The character who killed her baby because of her hatred for her cheating husband.
Ying-ying St. Clair
1) Character killed by the police in what was ultimately a suicide. (The Outsiders)
2) Character who eventually dies by accidental shooting. (Picture of Dorian Gray)
3) Waverly's fiance who does very poorly when meeting her parents. (Joy Luck Club)
1) Dallas "Dally" Winston
2) James Vane
3) Rich Schields