Lit Devices
Characters Part 1
Events
Characters Part 2
Other
100
Define "Foreshadow"
Foreshadowing gives clues to the reader to events that will happen later in the story.
100
What is the first and last name of the narrator of the story?
Ponyboy Curtis
100
Where does the stabbing of Bob take place?
Bob is stabbed near the fountain in the park.
100
Cherry was afraid of falling in love with whom?
Dally
100
Ponyboy said that money is what makes Socs and Greasers different. Cherry Valance disagreed. What did she say made them different?
She said it was feelings. Greasers were more sensitve than Socs and Socs can never show their feelings.
200
The first sentence of the novel is the same as the last sentence of the novel. What does that tell us about the entire novel? (Hint: Answer is a lit device)
The entire novel is a flashback.
200
Explain two ways Johnny and Dally will be remembered differently.
Johnny will be remembered as a hero, while Dally will not.
200
What does Dally tell Ponyboy and Johnny to do after Johnny stabs Bob?
Hop a train to Windrixville to hide out at an old, abandoned church.
200
Who is the jokester of the group?
Two-bit
200
What are Johnny's dying words to Ponyboy?
Stay Gold.
300
Johnny's last words: "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." are an...
Allusion
300
Who was a father-figure not only to Pony but to most of the gang?
Darry
300
Johnny and Ponyboy were going to turn themselves in, despite Dally's orders not to. What happened so that this no longer became necessary?
The church in Windrixville burned down, so their identities were revealed when they were taken tot he hospital.
300
Who is the Greasers' "pet"?
Johnny Cade
300
What does Robert Frost try to teach us in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
Any of the following or something close to: That things are innocent, fresh, new, beautiful at first, but that nothing can stay that way forever. Everything must change.
400
What is one symbol of innocence in the book?
The color gold
400
Name two characters who changed during the novel and explain how and why they changed.
Possible correct answers (with a logical example) Ponyboy, Johnny, Randy, Dally
400
Why is Dally released from the hospital AND why does he want out so quickly?
Threatens nurse with knife AND wants to go to the rumble.
400
Who is Soda's best friend?
Steve Randall
400
Ponyboy tells randy that who killed Bob?
He, Ponyboy
500
"Family does not have to be represented by blood, but by those who stick by you unconditionally" is an example of what?
Theme
500
Explain how Ponyboy and Cherry realized that they had something in common. (Hint: It's something that is visible to all.)
They both see the same sunset, Cherry from the West side and Ponyboy from the East side. This is when they realize that Socs and Greasers have more in common than they realize.
500
Place the following events in chronological order: - Johnny and Ponyboy meet the Soc girls at the movies. -Johnny is jumped by some Socs who beat him almost to death. -Bob is stabbed in the park. -Ponyboy writes his theme paper for his English teacher. -Ponyboy is jumped on his way home from the movies.
-Johnny is jumped by some Socs who beat him almost to death. -Ponyboy is jumped on his way home from the movies. -Johnny and Ponyboy meet the Soc girls at the movies. -Bob is stabbed in the park. -Ponyboy writes his theme paper for his English teacher.
500
Which character most likely could have been a Soc under different circumstances?
Darry Curtis
500
What book about Southern gentlemen does Ponyboy and Johnny find fascinating.
Gone with the Wind