Plot
This is the word for a large fight among many individuals
What is rumble?
These adjectives could describe the typical greaser stereotype
What are: touch, wild, rebel, emotional, nasty, dirty, etc.?
This theme distinguishes among different classes of people in the U.S. including how those different groups get treated unfairly
What is class difference and prejudice?
This girl has red hair and isn't afraid of Greasers
Who is Cherry Valance?
This greaser got his nickname from his inability to not mouth off to anyone from girls, to teachers, to even cops!
Who is Two-Bit Matthews?
These are the TWO main options for young people to socialize in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s
What are drive-in movie theaters and rodeos?
These adjectives could be used to describe an atypical greaser such as Ponyboy
What are: sensitive, thoughtful, intelligent, artistic, etc.?
This theme illustrates how useless and illogical it is to kill people in the name of principles or ideals or values
What is the senselessness of violence?
This Soc has three rings and a penchant for drinking and violence
Who is Bob?
This greaser is seen as one of the toughest and most dangerous in Ponyboy's crew
Who is Dallas Winston?
The location to where Johnny Cade and Ponyboy "run away from home" that ends up being a crime scene
What is the park with the fountain?
Even though he was rude and nasty to her, Cherry Valance surprised Ponyboy by saying she could fall in love with this person
Who is Dallas Winston?
This is not your blood or biological family into which you were born, but the group of people to whom you are not related yet nonetheless care for deeply
What is a surrogate family?
This type of fabric is often cited as a sign of the Socs' opulence and wealth
What is madras?
This greaser doesn't like Ponyboy and thinks he's always a "third wheel"
Who is Steve Randle?
This *specific* mode of transportation is how Ponyboy and Johnny Cade skipped town to evade police
What is a *freight* train?
This character is distinct from the other greasers because of his especially difficult and abusive homelife
Who is Johnny Cade?
This is the name of the term used to describe a person's feeling of responsibility after a terrible tragedy; this is part of why Cherry Valance helps the greasers
What is survivor's guilt?
Cherry's friend who was with her at the movies in chapter 3
Who is Marcia?
The leader of a separate faction of the Greasers that Ponyboy's crew may "tussle" with, but whom will nevertheless back them up against the Socs
Who is Tim Shepard?
This tragic occurrence could have been a lot worse if not for the heroic actions of -- can you believe it?! -- three greasers!
What is the fire at the church?
The last name of Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry
What is Curtis?
This word describes the status of the Socs as wealthy and privileged as well as that of the greasers as part of the fringes of society
What is socioeconomic status?
This specific vehicle, driven by Bob and other Socs, is a symbol for high status and extravagant means
What is the blue Mustang?
This specific vehicle, driven by Bob and other Socs, is a symbol for work, labor, and low socioeconomic status
What is the blue Mustang?