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Characters
Literary Devices
Conflicts
Quotes
Miscellaneous
100
The protagonist of the story.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
The structure of a story
What is a plot?
100
The important conflict that takes place at the fountain in the park.
What is the murder of Bob the soc?
100
She said, "Things are rough all over"
Who is Cherry (Sherry) Valance
100
Cherry's best friend
Who is Marcia (Marsh-uh)?
200
The soc who is stabbed to death at the fountain
Who is Bob?
200
The beginning of a story that includes the the setting, main problem and main characters.
What is the exposition?
200
Cherry throws a coke in his face for being fresh.
Who is Dally?
200
He said, "Would your rather have me living in hide-outs for the rest of my life, always on the run?"
Who is Johnny Cade?
200
The state the story takes place
What is Oklahoma?
300
The real first and last name of the female character who befriends Ponyboy.
Who is Sherry Valance?
300
Two types of conflicts you might find in a story.
What are Person v. Person, Person v. Society or Person v. self?
300
The two groups engaged in an all out war after the murder.
Who are the Greasers and the Socs?
300
The other guy besides the soc who says the familiar line "Next time you want a broad, pick up your own kind."
Who is Dallas (Dally) Winston?
300
The name of the author of the novel
What is S.E. Hinton?
400
The character who gives Ponyboy and Johnny supplies and an idea for a hide-out.
Who is Dally (Dallas Winston)?
400
A hint the author provides that suggests future events in a story.
What is foreshadow?
400
A heroic action that risks Ponyboy and Johnny's life.
What is running into the burning church to save children?
400
"It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough."
What Johnny says about not wanting to die?
400
The foreshadow related to a burning ember.
What is when Ponyboy wonders what it's like to be an ember on a cigarette, then realizes it when he's in the fire?
500
The soc who has a long conversation with Ponyboy before the rumble.
Who is Randy?
500
The part of a plot where the action leads from one event to another
What is rising action?
500
Lying in the hospital realizing that life is worth living and saying he's too young to die.
Who is Johnny?
500
"So dawn goes down to day, Nothing gold can stay." is used to hint at this outcome.
What is a drastic change in every character's lives?
500
The name of the poem and poet in the novel that Pony and Johnny talk about at the church.
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost?