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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
100

Who is jumped in chapter 1?

Who is Ponyboy?

100

Thinks that he is not smart enough to attend school, so he dropped out. 

Who is Sodapop?

100

The narrator's name and age.

Who is Ponyboy and 14 years old?

100
What two things did Ponyboy, the narrator, have on his mind when he came out of the movie house?
What is a ride home and Paul Newman.
100

Even though Ponyboy's point of view on Johnny is that he is scared of his own shadow, what does Johnny do that indirectly characterizes him as doing what is right no matter what.

What is standing up to Dally when Dally was harassing Cherry and Marcia?

200
Thought of as the gangs "pet".
Who is Johnny?
200

Grew up in New York where he was able to release his anger by getting in gang fights.  

Who is Dally (Dallas) Winston. 

200

Ponyboy's least favorite Greaser. 

Who is Steve Randall?

200
Two ways Ponyboy describes himself as being different than the rest of the gang and his family.
What is they don't dig movies and books the way he does.
200
What line at the end of chapter 2 that shows foreshadowing.
What is " I know better now."
300
The character who first introduced Ponyboy to the idea that not all "socs" act the same way.
Who is Cherry Valance?
300

When Ponyboy finished telling the story of Johnny, he looked at Cherry and her face was white as a sheet. This is what type of figurative language and what does it show about Cherry and Ponyboy?

What is simile. Shows how appalled she is socs would do this. It shows that she hadn't ever considered socs doing this, like Pony had never considered socs being kind and having troubles too.

300

The reason Ponyboy enjoys going to the movies by himself.

What is "watching a movie with someone is uncomfortable."

300
Why Ponyboy doesn't think his brother Darry loves him.
What is he is always yelling, at him, he expects more from him than Soda, he says "he never uses his head", and he is rough with him without meaning to be.
300

These actions of Cherry shows the reader that Cherry is not like other "socs."

What is she is in rodeos, she asks Pony to walk with her to get popcorn ( meaning they will be seen together), she seems interested in making sure Ponyboy knows not all "socs" are like the boys who beat up Johnny.

400
Scares Ponyboy and Johnny at the drive in, pretending to be a "soc".
Who is Two-Bit?
400

Character talks a lot and always has to get his opinion in about a subject (hence his name).  

Who is Two-Bit Matthews (Keith)

400

The narrator's brothers. 

Who are Darry and Sodapop?

400
Who the narrator, Ponyboy, considers to be the dangerous one of the gang, lacking emotions, and acts more like an animal, and has pent up anger with no where to direct it.
Who is Dally?
400
The detail that Johnny remembers about the soc that beat him up, ( and what cut his face up).
What is he had rings on his hand
500
Gets a coke thrown in his face for speaking rudely to Cherry and Marcia at the drive- in?
Who is Dally Winston?
500

Why Ponyboy and Johnny liked sitting with Cherry and Marcia, as opposed to "greasy" girls.

What is they didn't have to listen to them swear or beat them off with a club.

500

Do the thoughts of the narrator always match the actions of the characters in the novel?  What is that called? 

No.

Unreliable Narrator

500
Why Darry works so hard to keep Soda and Ponyboy out of trouble.
What is their parents died and he is scared of them being taken and put in a boys home.
500
How Two -Bit described a "rough fight" and a "fair fight"
What is a "rough fight" is like the socs, who out number others in a fight, or when weapons are used, a fair fight is one on one, with just fists.