Physical Description
This character has light-brown, almost red hair and greenish-gray eyes
Ponyboy Curtis
This Greaser is the narrator of the story.
Ponyboy Curtis
What happened to Ponyboy's parents?
They were killed in a car accident.
What is the relationship between Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darry?
Brothers
What is the name of the social group Ponyboy belongs to?
The Greasers
This Curtis brother is described as movie-star handsome.
Sodapop Curtis
This character is nervous and abused. He's known as the little brother of the gang.
Who is Johnny Cade.
Ponyboy gets jumped by these people on the way home.
The Socs
Ponyboy believes this brother doesn't love him.
Darry
Who is the Greasers' rival?
The Socs
This character is 6'2" and has dark brown hair combed back and cold blue-green eyes that seem to look right through you.
Darry Curtis
He dropped out of high school but is happy-go-lucky and energetic.
Sodapop Curtis
What do the Socs threaten to do to Ponyboy?
This Greaser used to live in New York and has a criminal record.
Dally
What state and what decade does the novel take place in?
Oklahoma in the 1960's
This Greaser has jet-black, heavily greased hair and is talented with his hands.
Steve Randell
This character is known to be tough, cold, and mean. He is bitter.
Dally Winston
What does Steve ask Ponyboy that makes Darry yell at him?
Why were you walking alone?
This greaser works at the same gas station as Sodapop.
Steve Randell
How do the Greasers wear their hair?
Long and slicked back
This Curtis brother is described as looking like their father, tall, muscular, and with a firm jaw.
Darry Curtis
This character is funny, likes to joke, and shoplifts for fun.
Two-Bit Matthews
Ponyboy feels different from the other Greasers because he enjoys this activity.
Reading
Who is Sandy?
Sodapop's girlfriend
What is the social conflict introduced in Chapter 1?
Social Class Division