Characters
The youngest brother of the Curtis Brothers.
Who is PonyBoy.
How the novel begins...
PonyBoy is walking out of the movie theater and going to walk home alone.
The state and city this novel takes place is...
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Allusion: When a writers refers to something or someone famous. Which Paul Newman movie does Ms. DeWitt believe PonyBoy is ALLUDING to when PonyBoy leaves the movie house....
What is "Cool Hand Luke"
He likes cold, hard, facts. He was captain of the football them when in high school. He was voted Boy of the Year. He had a scholarship to college.
Who is Darry.
He roofs houses for a living and sometimes works two jobs to pay the bills.
Who is Darry.
The tragic thing which happened to the Curtis Brothers parents...
What is a car accident in which they both died.
The side of Tulsa that the Socs live on...
West Side; the West Side Socs.
When the Socs surround PonyBoy before they jump him, PonyBoy writes: The walked around, slowly, silently, smiling... When the same consonant is used at the beginning of two or more words and repeated (like "slowly, silently, smiling") it is called:
alliteration
How would you describe SodaPop?
Happy-go-lucky, fun-loving, kind, easy to talk to, caring, "drop-out"--but hard working; handsome...
He carries a black-handled switch-blade.... He always has to get the last word in... He likes to crack jokes... He's 18 1/2 and only a junior in high school. He has sideburns. He puts things into words good...
Who is Two-Bit
Johnny's parents are abusive, fight a lot, and appear to be alcoholics. Who has shown Johnny more love and caring than his own parents?
Who is "The Gang"--Pony, Darry, Dally, Two-Bit, Steve, SodaPop, etc...
DX Gas Station is where who works?
Soda Pop and Steve
Pony Boy says Soda Pop draws customers (at the DX gas station) like honey draws flies. When you use "like" or "as" in making a comparison, it's known as a...
simile
Two Soc girls are in the bleachers without a car at the Night-Double Drive-In. Who are they?
Marcia and Cherry Valance
Who are Randy and Bob?
They are Socs. They drive around in the blue Mustang. They are Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends. They are two of the Socs who beat Johnny up.
Who threw a Coke in Dally's face? Why?
Cherry Valance. He was saying rude and dirty things to her.
After the drive-in movie and the confrontation with Randy and Bob... where do PonyBoy and Johnny go to have a smoke before going home?
The empty lot. They fall asleep until about 2:00 a.m.
Onomatopoeia is when we use words which imitate sounds. Which word in this sentence is an example of onomatopoeia? What is it imitating?
The blue Mustang vroomed off.
"vroomed" is an example of onomatopoeia. It is imitating the sound of a car (the blue Mustang's) engine.
PonyBoy and Cherry seem to really hit it off at the drive-in and the walk toward home. But, why are Pony Boy's feelings hurt by Cherry?
1). She says she could fall in love with Dallas Winston.
2). She says she won't be able to say "Hi" to Pony when she sees him in the hallway at school.
3). Her parents would not allow her to be friends, they aren't the same class of people.
Who slashed Timothy Shepard's tires at the Nightly Double Drive-In?
Dally (Dallas Winston)
Explained what happened two PonyBoy and Johnny at the fountain in the park about 2:30 in the morning?
Socs, Bob, Randy, and three others, confronted PonyBoy and Johnny. The Socs held PonyBoy's head down in the fountain and were trying to drown him.
After the stabbing at the water fountain in the park, Pony Boy and Johnny went to find help. Who was at Buck Merril's house? Why?
Dally was sleeping at Buck Merril's house. He had a run-in with Tim Shephard and cracked some ribs (because he had slashed Tim's car tires). Buck Merril's was a party house.
Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration. What is the hyperbole in this sentence?
At Buck Merril's house... Dally handed me a shirt that was about sixty million sizes too big.
PonyBoy is saying the shirt was too large for him. He's exaggerating that it's SIXTY MILLION SIZES TOO BIG.
Come on, PonyBoy...that's impossible. If it was true, it might be in the Guiness Book of World Records or somethin'. Pony Boy sometimes uses hyperbole...
What was Darry's reaction when PonyBoy walked in the house at 2:00 a.m.? What was the cause and effect?
Darry yelled at PonyBoy in anger and then slapped him. PonyBoy ran from the house and wanted to run away.