Plot
Characters
Figurative Language
Symbols
Quotes
100

Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry's parents are killed in a car accident. 

Exposition.

100

Which character is shy, nervous and gets beat up by his father?

Johnny.

100

I just stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me. (2)

Simile. 

100

What do Greaser's hair represent?

The Greasers dignity and their toughness.

100

Who said, "Stop it! Shut up about last night! I killed a kid last night. He couldn't of been over seventeen or eighteen, and I killed him. How'd you like to live with that?"

Johnny.

200

Dally, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Two-Bit go to the drive-in and meet Cherry and Marcia.

Rising Action.

200

Which character is smart, quiet and likes to read?

Ponyboy.

200

I skipped breakfast and I'm about starved. (25)

Hyperbole.

200

What do Bob's rings represent?

His wealth, opportunity, and superiority.  

200

Who said, "It's just... I can't stand to hear y'all fight. Sometimes... I just have to get out or... it's like I'm the middleman in a tug o' war and I'm being split in half."

Sodapop.

300

Johnny dies in the hospital from his injuries.

Climax.

300

Who said, "Things are rough all over."?

Cherry.

300

He didn't have Darry's superman qualities. (24)

Allusion.

300

Mickey Mouse, Sodapops old horse, represents what in this book?

Soda's horse represents happy childhood memories.

300

Who said, "I'm sick of all this. Sick and tired. Bob was a good guy. He was the best buddy a guy ever had. I mean, he was a good fighter and tuff and everything, but he was a real person too."

Randy.

400

Ponyboy passes out after the death of his two friends.

Falling Action.

400

Ponyboy and Johnny offered to do what for Cherry and Marcia?

Walk them home.

400

Would we ever have something to tell the boys, his eyes said plainly. (8)

Personification.

400

What does Gold represent in this book?

Anything gold or golden represents purity, innocence, goodness, beauty, also stands for beginnings and endings.

400

Who said, "So he finally broke... So even Dally has a breaking point."

Two-Bit.

500

Ponyboy discovers Johnny's letter.

Resolution.

500

Cherry believes the difference between Greasers and Socs is that..

Greasers are more emotional.

500

Life was one big joke to Two-Bit. (3)

Metaphor.

500

What does Ponyboy think about loyalty and friendship?

No matter what you should always be loyal to your closest friends.

500

Who said, "Well, it's two in the morning, kiddo. Another hour and I would have had the police out after you. Where were you, Ponyboy? Where in the almighty universe were you?"

Darry.