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Vocabulary Words
100
This character is known for his book smarts.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
In the fight at the fountain in the park, Johnny kills him with a knife.
Who is Bob?
100
This symbol in the book represents the similarities between the Socs and the Greasers.
What is a sunset?
100
He is the narrator of the story.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
Darry is __________________ because he has muscles and physical strength.
What is brawny
200
We learn about this character being jumped by the Socs in a flashback. He's the puppy-like favorite of the gang.
Who is Johnny?
200
The main conflict in the novel is the Greasers versus this wealthy group of kids.
Who are the Socs?
200
This term is used when the author hints at something that is going to happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
200
We know Bob is the Soc who beat up Johnny because of these.
What is his rings?
200
“I bet they were cool ol’ guys,” he said, his eyes glowing, after I had read the part about them riding into sure death because they were gallant.” This is the meaning of gallant.
What is fearless in battle.
300
This character is a sympathetic Soc who likes sunsets.
Who is Cherry Valance?
300
While hiding out in the abandoned church, Johnny buys this book to read.
What is Gone with the Wind?
300
This is the term used when a group of people are assumed to be a certain way because of how they dress or act.
What is stereotypes?
300
This group wins the rumble.
Who are the Greasers?
300
“On the front page of the second section was the headline: Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes.” This is what juvenile delinquent means.
What is kids who have been in trouble with the law.
400
This character is the toughest and meanest of Pony's gang, but he has a soft spot for Johnny.
Who is Dallas Winston?
400
This is the heroic thing that Ponyboy and Johnny do in the novel.
What is risk their lives to save children from the burning church?
400
This decade is the setting of the novel.
What is the 1960s?
400
After watching Dally get shot, Ponyboy does this.
What is faints/passes out?
400
My favorite car is a __________________ black Mustang.
What is jet.
500
This character had to grow up too fast when his parents died, and he took on the responsibility of raising his younger brothers.
Who is Darry Curtis?
500
These are Johnny's last words to Ponyboy.
What is Stay gold?
500
This is the name of the horse that represented Sodapop's childhood and innocence.
What is Mickey Mouse?
500
This is how Ponyboy's parents died.
What is a car accident?
500
When I looked out the window and saw my neighbor getting arrested, I was ____________________.
What is aghast.