Chapter 10
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Chapter 12
The Characters
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What made Johnny's eyes light up?

What is that Dally, his hero, was proud of him?

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What does Ponyboy keep telling himself?

What is, "Johnny's not dead"?
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What was the result of Ponyboy's hearing?

He was acquitted, the case was dropped.

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Who clowns around with police and reporters at the hospital?

Who is Sodapop Curtis?

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What does it mean to be gallant? 

What is to be brave, courteous, and polite?

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What kind of figurative language is used here? "And even as the policemen's guns spit fire into the night, Dally raised his gun.” 

What is personification?

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What was the main reason that Randy came to visit Ponyboy at home?

What is because he wanted to tell him that he was going to testify in court that he and Bob were drunk, attacked him and Johnny, and tried to drown Pony.
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Ponyboy goes through a difficult time in what way after the hearing?

What is he trips over things frequently; loses his appetite, imagining baloney (bologna!) sandwiches in all that he eats; and his grades drop.

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Who is Bob's best friend?

Who is Randy Adderson?

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Who won’t join in the rumble because he’s sick of fighting?  

Who is Randy Adderson, Bob's best friend?

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Why was Dally running from the police?

What is that Dally had robbed a convenience store?

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What did Ponyboy say really happened the night Bob was killed?

That he was the one who killed Bob, not Johnny.

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What do we find out about this book at the very end?

What is that it's being written "by" Ponyboy for his English class.

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Who rides horses for a living? 

Who is Buck Merrill and Dally Winston?

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Name a major difference between the novel and the film?

What is answers will vary.

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What kind of soup did Darry make for Ponyboy?

What is mushroom soup?

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What is Bob's full name?

What is Robert Sheldon?

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What did Ponyboy do when the Socs confronted him about Bob's death?

He threatened them, (with a broken off pop bottle).

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Who is worried about leaving Ponyboy home alone?

Who is Darry Curtis?
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What does Johnny mean to Ponyboy when he says, "Stay Gold"?

What is to stay innocent at heart and true to himself by continuing to love nature and find beauty in the world?

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How long was Ponyboy unconscious? (From what day to what day?)

What is from Saturday night to Tuesday.

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What term of endearment did Darry call Ponyboy for the first time?

What is "Little Buddy."

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What does Johnny tell Ponyboy in his final letter?

What is that he felt “it was worth it to save those kids," that they're lives mattered more than his. He also wanted Pony to stay gold, to find the good and beauty in life...

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Who feels that Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally “were heroes all along"?

Who is Two-Bit Mathews?

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Name a major theme of this novel?

Answers will vary.