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100

True or False:

Did Johnny and Ponyboy feel scared when they were saving the kids from the burning church?

False



They felt very heroic

100

Who are Ponyboy's brothers? Name them from oldest to youngest.

Darry, the oldest. Sodapop, the middle child. Ponyboy, the youngest.

100

What was the theme of this story?

Friends stick together.

100

Where did Ponyboy just leave at the beginning of the story?

A movie theater

100

Who killed Bob?

Johnny Cade

200

What was the first thing Ponyboy and Johnny did as soon as they made it to the church?

Fell asleep.

200

What is Darry's last name?

Curtis

200

What can you infer that Ponyboy had after the Rumble that made him run in staggered lines?

A concussion

200

How did the Curtis parents die?

A car crash

200

Why did Dally put up his gun even though it wasn't loaded

Because he wanted to be dead.

300

Why did Ponyboy call Mr. Syme?

To ask how many pages the assignment needed to be. He wanted to write more in Johnny's honor.

300

Who did Sodapop want to marry?

Sandy

300

Why was Darry so hard on Ponyboy?

Because he wanted what was best for him.

300

What did Dally rob before he died?

A gas station

300

What caused Johnny to die?

The church fire accident.

400

Who did Ponyboy tell on the ambulance what had been going on?

Jerry Wood

400

Who is Sodapop's best friend?

Steve Randle

400

Who is your favorite character in the story? Give 3 examples.

-needs three examples

-and a response saying which is their favorite

400

Where did Darry slap Ponyboy and why?

The Curtis House, and because he wasn't using his head again.

400

Why does Johnny carry a switchblade with him all of the time?

Because he got beat up by Socs, and wanted to be prepared if he ever got jumped on again.

500

Why didn't Johnny want to see his mother in the hospital?

Because she ignored him all of his life. He hated her. It would probably kill Johnny to see her.

500

What is Two-Bit Mathews' real name?

Keith Mathews

500

Who was the first Soc to step up to Darry during the Rumble?

Paul Holden (friend on his football team)

500

What was the cause of the church fire?

A cigarette

500

What would have prevented Bob from dying? Do you think preventing his death would change the story as well as the way each character acts through the story?

Someone telling him no and his parents disciplining him more would have prevented Bob's death as well as Johnny, and Dally's deaths. The gang would not have learned the theme of this story, friends stick together. The characters may have not become better people overall.