Plot Diagram
Conflict Types
Plot 1
Plot 2
Vocab in Context
100
The rumble happens in this section of the plot diagram.

What is falling action?

100

Johnny killing Bob.

What is Man vs. Man?

100

Ponyboy and Darry agree not to do this anymore for Soda's sake.

What is fight?

100

The length of time Ponyboy has to stay in bed after he wakes up following the rumble. 

What is one week?

100

"Dally had taken the car, and I started the long walk home in a _________" (Starts with an S)

What is stupor?

200

The fire at the church happens at this point.

What is the climax?

200

Johnny feeling guilt and sorrow over the fact that he killed Bob.

What is Man vs. Self?
200

A claim that Ponyboy makes at the beginning of Chapter 10 that the reader know is not true?

What is "Johnny is not dead"?

200
Two-Bit is worried that Ponyboy has changed, but this is what Ponyboy does that assures him that he's still the same at heart.

What is "pick up the glass from the bottle"?

200

"Darry's hopes that Soda was asleep were immediately ruined because he came running in, ______ only in a pair of blue jeans." (Starts with a C)

What is clad?

300
Johnny killing Bob happens in this section.

What is rising action?

300

Darry slapping Ponyboy.

What is Man vs. Man?

300

This is what Ponyboy does when the Socs threaten him in Chapter 12.

What is, "He breaks a bottle and approaches them, warning them to back off or he'll split them"?

300

Ponyboy writes his theme about this topic.

What is the story of him and his friends? What is "The Outsiders"?

300

"Did he have a kid brother who ________ him? (Starts with an I)

What is idolized?

400

Name of the plot diagram where Ponyboy tells us about all of the members of the gang.

What is the exposition?

400

The fire in the church

What is Man vs. Nature?

400

The class that Ponyboy is doing the worst in after the trial.

What is English?

400

Darry lets Ponyboy know this fact about Sandy and her pregnancy during chapter 12.

What is the fact that the baby isn't Soda's?

400

"I'm _______ to get stuck in a home somewhere." (Starts with an L)

What is liable?

500

Very specific moment in the plot diagram that starts the "rising action" section. In the story, it happens when Ponyboy is jumped the first time. 

What is the initial conflict?

500

The perception that Greasers are all criminals and up to no good.

What is Man vs Society?

500

Five people are listed specifically who testified in Ponyboy's trial. Name four of them.

Who are Cherry, Randy, Darry, Soda, and Ponyboy?

500

There are four things that Darry lists as the reasons that Ponyboy passed out after Dally died. List three of them. 

What are exhaustion, shock, a minor concussion, and a fever?

500

"It was the reward of two hours of walking aimlessly around a hardware store to ________ attention." (Starts with D)

What is divert?