Slang
Meaning cool, or sharp; like a mustang.
What is 'tuff'?
The city where the novel takes place.
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
Ponyboy does this to get a police escort to the hospital.
What is feigns an injury?
The Greasers live on this side of town.
What is the East side of town?
Soc is a shorter way of saying this word.
What is 'socials'?
A large fight.
What is 'a rumble'?
Where Cherry and Marcia first met Ponyboy and Johnny.
What is the drive-in movie theater?
These were Johnny's last 5 words to Ponyboy before dying.
What is 'Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold'?
This Greaser is the second youngest of the gang.
Who is Johnny?
These are the first two Socs we're introduced to in the novel.
Who are Cherry and Marcia?
A weed.
What is 'a cigarette'?
Where Dally told the cops the boys were last headed.
What is Texas?
Curly Shepard could not enter the rumble because he was stuck in this place.
What is the cooler (or reformatory)?
This teenage Greaser is Sodapop's best friend.
Who is Steve?
This Soc rides out of town in his mustang, fed-up with the conflict.
Who is Randy?
A slang term for 'the police'.
What is 'the fuzz'?
The town where Ponyboy, Dally, and Sodapop saved the lives of some young boys.
What is Windrixville?
This was the reason why a greaser gang leader beat up one of his own men.
What is "he had broken the rules and used a piece of pipe in the fight"?
This Greaser was arrested when he was 10 years old.
Who is Dally?
This Soc use to be Darry's best friend.
Who is Paul Holden?
A heater.
What is 'a gun'?
There's an old abandoned church on top of this mountain.
What is Jay Mountain?
These two gangs gave a hand to our main characters in their rumble.
Who are The Brumly Boys and the Shepard Outfit?
These are the names of all 7 of our main characters.
Who are Ponyboy, Darry, Sodapop, Two-bit Matthews, Dally, Steve, and Johnny?
This is how Bob and the other Socs described the Greasers the night of his death.
What is white trash with long hair?