Characters
These are Ponyboy's older brothers.
Darry and Soda
This is where the Greasers first meet Cherry and Marcia in the novel.
Drive-in movies
This is what Greasers and Socs call a fight.
A rumble
This is a type of car that a Soc would drive.
a Mustang or Corvair
This is the kind of animal Soda loved and cared for like it was his own.
A horse
This character helped Ponyboy and Johnny get away to the church. He is the toughest member of the Greasers.
Dally Winston
What happens to Ponyboy on his walk home in the first chapter?
Gets jumped by some Socs and then rescued by the Greasers
This is the term the Greasers use for the police.
The fuzz
This group, in general, does better in school and is very wealthy.
The Socs
This is the name of the book Ponyboy and Johnny reads in the church.
Gone with the Wind
Who are the two people that Ponyboy can talk to about his feelings?
Sodapop and Cherry
Why did Ponyboy and Johnny run away to the park?
Darry slapped him for being out past his curfew.
The Greasers call a "heater" this...
A gun
The Socs that jumped Johnny and left a scar on his face from this item. What caused the scar?
His rings
This is the state where Dally used to live where he was arrested at the age of 10.
New York
This Soc decides to become a spy for the Greasers.
Cherry Valance
What are Ponyboy and Johnny doing when Ponyboy thinks about the 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' poem?
They are watching the sunrise.
Another way to say, "You understand?" or "You cool?"
"Savvy"
This is what Cherry says about the Socs when it comes to displaying emotion.
"Acting cool to the point of not feeling anything at all"
Where did Ponyboy want to live and why?
The country; he didn't want the life that he had and thought the country would separate him from it and give him peace.
Who dies and how?
Bob, Cherry's boyfriend; Johnny stabs him with his switchblade.
Where did Dally tell Johnny and Ponyboy to go?
An old, abandoned church on Jay Mountain
The Greasers call girls this...
A broad
This is the side of town where the Greasers are from.
The east side
This is the actor Ponyboy was thinking about in the first line of the book.
Paul Newman