Characters
Characters and Questions

Questions

Questions

Questions
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Happy-go-lucky, and handsome plans to marry Sandy, a greaser girl.
What is Sodapop Curtis?
100
A sixteen-year-old greaser with black hair and large, fearful eyes. The child of alcoholic, abusive parents, he is nervous and sensitive.
What is Johnny Cade?
100
were killed in an auto accident
What is Ponyboy's parents?
100
At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy is on his way home from the movies and
What is attacked by the Soc's?
100
What do Pony and Johnny do instead of going home after the movies, and what is the result?
What is Johnny and Ponyboy stay outside and watch the stars and smoke , and Ponyboy ended up falling asleep and that made him late coming home. Ponyboy got in trouble by Darry because Pony was home really late?
200
This is the main character of the book. He lives with his 2 older brothers.
What is Ponyboy?
200
Bob’s girlfriend, she is a Soc cheerleader whom Ponyboy meets at the movies. Has red hair.
What is Cherry Valance?
200
Why does Ponyboy like to go to the movies alone?
What is He likes to go to movies alone because he can watch movies undisturbed so he can get into the movie and none of his gang likes to go?
200
How do the boys get into the Nightly Double? Why do they choose to do that?
What is The boys sneak over the back of the fence into the Nightly Double without paying. They didn't pay because Dally liked to break laws whenever he could?
200
Why doesn't Darry call the police when Ponyboy doesn't arrive home until 2:00 a.m.......
What is If he called the police it might have gotten Ponyboy and Johnny thrown in a boys' home?
300
twenty-year-old greaser who is raising Ponyboy because their parents have died in a car crash. Strong, athletic, and intelligent, had to quit school. He works two jobs to hold the family together.
What is Darrel ( Darry) ?
300
He is cocky and intelligent, tall and lean. He wears his thick hair in a complicated arrangement of swirls. He is also tough—he once held off four opponents in a fight with a broken soda bottle. Soda's best friend who also works at the gas station.
What is Steve Randle?
300
What happens to Ponyboy on the way home from the movies?
What is on the way home from the movies he is jumped by Socs, but was saved by Ponyboy's friends?
300
Why does Dally use vulgar and abrasive language with the girls at the movies? How do the girls respond to the insults?
What is he is trying to embarrass them. The girls snap back and tell Dally to stop. They are nice people, but they don't like being picked on?
300
Why do Ponyboy and Johnny run away?
What is Johnny and Ponyboy ran away because Darry slapped Ponyboy and it aggravated Ponyboy?
400
oldest member of the gang, wise cracker Couldn't stop making funny remarks. Famous for shop lifting and carried a switchblade.
What is Two Bit?
400
They live in the affluent West Side of town while the The public tends to forgive their transgressions. They live on the East side of town, and are poor.
What is Soc's and Greasers?
400
Why does Darry work so hard?
What is Since, Darry, Soda, and Ponyboy's parents passed away and he needs to make money for Soda, Ponyboy, and himself?
400
Explain why the girls are okay with Johnny and Pony, but not Dally.
What is the girls think that Ponyboy and Johnny are too sweet to hurt anyone?
400
Why does Johnny say he likes it better when his father is hitting him?
What is Johnny said that he liked when his father was hitting him because at least then Johnny knows that his father knows who Johnny is?
500
toughest hood in Ponyboy’s group of greasers. ” is a hardened teen who used to run with gangs in New York violent tendencies make him more dangerous than the other greasers, and he takes pride in his criminal record feels protective of Johnny Cade.
What is Dallas Winston?
500
They attacked Johnny - who why was it so traumatic?
What is Soc's and he almost died because they beat him so badly?
500
What does Sodapop tell Ponyboy about his plans for Sandy and himself?
What is Sodapop tells Ponyboy that he thinks he's gonna marry Sandy after she gets out of school and maybe after Ponyboy gets out of school?
500
What rule do the Greasers follow, besides "stick together"?
What is don't get caught?
500
What does Cherry tell Ponyboy about the Socs?
What is Greasers have a different set of values and are emotional while the Socs are more sophisticated. Socs will say they like things they really don't like just to be cool. Socs are always going and going; can't be satisfied; don't let their real self show through?