Characters
Answer: He narrates the story and is the youngest Curtis brother.
Question: Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
Answer: Ponyboy is attacked by Socs while walking home from this place.
Question: What is the movie theater?
Answer: Ponyboy and Cherry discover they both appreciate this natural event.
Question: What is the sunset?
Answer: The wealthy rival group of the Greasers.
Question: Who are the Socs?
Answer: These are Ponyboy's two older brothers who raise him after their parents' death.
Question: Who are Darry and Sodapop Curtis?
Answer: Johnny and Ponyboy meet Cherry and Marcia at this location.
Question: What is the drive-in movie theater?
Answer: Johnny reads this famous Civil War novel while hiding in the church.
Question: What is Gone with the Wind?
Answer: The large fight planned between the Greasers and Socs.
Question: What is a rumble?
Answer: This Greaser carries a switchblade because of a traumatic attack by the Socs.
Question: Who is Johnny Cade?
Answer: After Darry slaps him, Ponyboy does this.
Question: What is run away with Johnny?
Answer: Robert Frost's poem reminds readers that beautiful things do not last forever.
Question: What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
Answer: Ponyboy changes his appearance by cutting and bleaching this.
Question: What is his hair?
Answer: This Soc girl becomes friends with Ponyboy and explains that Socs have problems too.
Question: Who is Cherry Valance?
Answer: Johnny kills this character while saving Ponyboy from drowning.
Question: Who is Bob Sheldon?
Answer: Cherry says that Greasers and Socs both experience these despite their different social classes.
Question: What are problems?
Answer: Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally become heroes after rescuing these people.
Question: Who are the children in the church?
Answer: Although tough and reckless, this Greaser helps Ponyboy and Johnny escape after Bob's death.
Question: Who is Dallas (Dally) Winston?
Answer: Johnny and Ponyboy hide in this abandoned location after the murder.
Question: What is the church in Windrixville?
Answer: Johnny's message "Stay Gold" symbolizes keeping this quality despite growing up.
Question: What is innocence (or goodness)?
Answer: Randy visits Ponyboy and explains that despite his popularity, Bob had these.
Question: What are problems and emotions of his own?