Why are the Greasers, Tim Shepard's gang, and the Socs going to fight?
Because Johnny and Ponyboy killed Bob.
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Where are Johnny and Ponyboy hiding from the police?
A church
100
What was Ponyboy tired of eating?
Baloney
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Which two characters were hiding in the church?
Johnny and Ponyboy
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What conflict do Johnny and Ponyboy try and avoid by cutting their hair?
Fitting the police's descriptions of them in the newspaper.
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What is a 'heater'?
A gun.
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Where do the police think that Johnny and Ponyboy went?
To Texas.
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What two things did Sodapop send Ponyboy?
A letter and half of his paycheck.
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Who sent Ponyboy a letter while he was at the church?
Sodapop
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Why do Ponyboy and Johnny start crying at the church?
Everything was happening so quickly, they were homesick, and they felt badly about killing Bob.
300
What does Dally say his reason is for carrying a heater?
He says it isn't loaded. But it helps as a bluff.
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Where do the boys go after Dally gets to the church?
To eat at Dairy Queen.
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What were the boys doing to pass time at the church while waiting for Dally?
They were playing poker and reading.
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Who is going to spy for the Greasers?
Cherry
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What does Johnny mean when he says to Ponyboy that his family sure is funny?
That Ponyboy doesn't act like either his mother or his father.
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What happens if the Greasers and Tim Shepard's gang win the fight against the Socs?
The Socs stay out of their territory for good.
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Where are the Greasers, Tim Shepard's gang, and the Socs going to fight?
The vacant lot.
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Why does Johnny admire Dally?
His ability to stay calm when he got in trouble.
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Who told the police that the boys are heading to Texas?
Dally
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Why does the judge make people cut their hair when they get caught?
It's just a way of trying to break them. They can't take anything away from them because they don't have anything in the first place. So they cut their hair.
500
What happens if the Socs win the fight against the Greasers and Tim Shepard's gang?
Things go on as usual.
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Why does Johnny say that Two-Bit should have been in the little one-horse store where he bought the supplies?
Things were laying out wide open just waiting for someone like Two-Bit to steal them.
500
What does "gold" mean in the poem that says:
"Nothing gold can stay."?