Words from theWall!
He Says, She Says
Naming Names!
Do You Comprehend?
Think & Respond
100
"If you can picture a dark little puppy that has been kicked too many times you'll have Johnny." This quote best reveals________________.
What is character?
100
This character says, "We're all we've got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don't have each other, we don't have anything."
Who is Sodapop?
100
"He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids--he did everything," best describes ______________.
Who is Dally?
100
Why does Johnny begin carrying a knife?
What is self-defense?
100
Name and explain 2 troubles that the greasers have:
What are: having none of the breaks, poverty, being stereotyped, having fewer opportunities...?
200
"Greasers can't walk alone too much or they'll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream 'Greaser!' at them, which doesn't make you feel too hot, if you know what I mean." This quote best reveals _______________.
What is stereotype?
200
This character states, "Oh, blast it Johnny... you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me..."
Who is Dally?
200
These two characters become heroes when they rescue some children.
Who are Ponyboy and Johnny?
200
Daily Double! This, above all else, is a symbol of greaser defiance.
What is hair?
200
Name and explain 2 troubles that the Socs have:
What are: too much freedom, too much money, do discipline, no limits, they are detached and unfeeling, they are held to high expectations?
300
"Me and Darry just didn't dig beach other. I never could please him. He would have hollered at me for carrying a blade if I had carried one." The misunderstanding between these two characters reveals the constant _____________ between them.
What is conflict?
300
"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 is new, dawn." Who says this?
Who is Johnny?
300
This is the person who starts Pony thinking that Socs are real people with real problems.
Who is Cherry?
300
After Bob dies, Randy decides to do this.
What is not fight the greasers/not join in the rumble?
300
Provide 3 adjectives that describe Dallas Winston.
What are: prisoner, hard, mean, criminal, rough...?
400
"...we wear our hair long and dress in blue jeans and T-shirts, or wear our shirttails out and wear leather jackets." The clothes they wear stands as a ____________ of who they are as a gang.
What is symbol?
400
This person reveals that, "Bob was something special. He wasn't just any boy. He had something that made people follow him, something that marked him different, maybe a little better, than the crowd."
Who is Cherry?
400
Pony is convinced that this character, his oldest brother, hates him because he nags him so much.
Who is Darry?
400
Why/how does Dally die?
What are gunshots, after robbing a store?
400
Provide 4 adjectives that describe Johnny Cade?
What are: quiet, shy, kind, listener, broken, dreamer, puppy, pet...?
500
" 'Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville,' Dally instructed. 'There's an old abandoned church on the top of Jay Mountain.' " This event in the story is a piece of the __________.
What is plot?
500
This person speaks of Bob and says, "He kept trying to make someone say 'No' and they never did. They never did. That was what he wanted."
Who is Randy?
500
Ponyboy feels that this character loves him and understands him the best.
Who is Sodapop?
500
At the church, Ponyboy reads to Johnny from this novel.
What is Gone With the Wind?
500
State 2 ways Johnny and Dally are alike.
What are: damaged, similar backgrounds, terrible/abusive parents...?