Characters
The narrator.
Who is Ponyboy?
"Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville. There's an old abandoned church on top of Jay Mountain. There's a pump in back so don't worry about water. Buy a week's supply of food as soon as you get there..."
Who is Dally?
The state where the story is set.
What is Oklahoma?
Ponyboy and Johnny meet Cherry and Marcia.
What is the drive-in?
To move or walk in a way that is very unsteady.
What is reeling?
After the Socs beat him up, he was never the same.
Who is Johnny?
“I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be.”
Who is Johnny?
The first name of the author (not the initials).
What is Susan?
Johnny killed Bob.
What is the fountain in the park?
Very tight from being pulled or stretched : not loose or slack.
What is taut?
This Soc makes a strong connection with Ponyboy.
Who is Cherry?
“Rat race is the perfect name for it,' she said. 'We're always going and going and going, and never asking where. Did you ever hear of having more than you wanted? So that you couldn't want anything else and then started looking for something else to want? It seems like we're always searching for something to satisfy is, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we would.”
Who is Cherry?
The "tuff" car that carries Bob and Randy.
What is the blue Mustang?
A fire breaks out, trapping children.
What is the church?
Describes clothing that is being worn.
What is clad?
Cherry threw a soda at him.
Who is Dally? (Dallas Winston)
“...people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win...even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing.”
Who is Randy Anderson?
Johnny uses this chemical to change Ponyboy's hair.
What is hydrogen peroxide?
Ponyboy orders a Pepsi.
What is the Dairy Queen?
Take advantage of someone.
What is exploit?
Who is Tim Shepherd?
“Greaser ' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn't have. It's the individual.”
Who is Ponyboy?
Ponyboy wishes he looked like this actor.
Who is Paul Newman?
Ponyboy gets acquitted.
What is juvenile court?
Society views the Greasers this way. Also part of the headline after the church fire.
What are juvenile delinquents?