SYMBOLS
QUOTES
THEMES
SLANG
POTPOURI
100
These symbolize how having wealth allows this group to be mobile
What is the Socs' "tuff" Cars
100
The "we" in this quote; "Maybe the two different worlds we live in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset."
Who are Ponyboy and Cherry
100
What pony boy often uses to judge people that he knows
What are eye color and shape
100
A Greaser term for gun
What is a heater
100
How the Curtis parents died;
What is a car wreck
200
This symbolizes the greasers lack of respect for authority and lawlessness
What is two-bits switchblade
200
What did Bob mean by this in chapter 3; "Next time you want a broad, pick up your own kind."
What is that Ponyboy should stay away from his "girl" (Cherry the Soc) and stay with the Greaser girls.
200
This happens to Ponyboy right before there is a transition from an intense scene to a calm one in the book
What is ponyboy passes out
200
A slang term for jail
What is the cooler
200
Name this
What is a mustang
300
This symbolizes this groups identity, as well as identifies them
What is the Greasers long greasy hair
300
This is said BY this person to Ponyboy in Chapter 7; "You can't win, even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before - at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing."
Who is Randy
300
This is why Dally is essence is Johnny's only parental figure, and why Bob was such a thug
What is lack of parental presence
300
Another word for rob
What is to roll
300
Name this
What is a madras shirt
400
These symbolize wealth, and how the Socs have it the "easy life"
What are madras shirts and mustangs
400
On the way to the rumble, THIS PERSON chants this; "I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!"
Who is Sodapop
400
This makes ponyboy defensive when Cherry says negative things about Dally, (even though he doesn't like Dally) and what Ponyboy believes holds the Greasers together.
What is loyalty
400
To be hacked-off means this
What is to be"mad"
400
Soda's Girlfriend that got "in trouble"
Who is Sandy
500
These are a symbol of unity and connection between the Socs and the Greasers because they can be seen and appreciated by both groups.
What are sunsets
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! WHO's quote, and WHAT does it define? "I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold."
Who is Johnny, and WHAT is what he meant by Ponyboy staying gold.
500
Ponyboy's obsession with faces, eyes shape and color, the constant mentioning of madras shirts, the Greasers hair and is also a "characterization" element in your projects
What is (physical) appearance
500
another word for the cops
What is the fuzz
500
What the story of The Outsiders turns out to be
What is Ponyboy's homework