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Narrator of the story
Who is Ponyboy Curtis
100

"Oh, Pony, I thought we'd lost you...like we did Mom and Dad..."

Who is Darry Curtis

100

The place where Johnny kills Bob

What is the park

100

This happened right after Darry slapped Ponyboy for getting home late

What is Ponyboy ran away from home

100

This novel is told by Ponyboy Curtis from Ponyboy Curtis' perspective. This means the novel is written in this literary device that tells things from the perspective of the person speaking:

What is first person point of view

200
Red-headed Soc who drives a red Sting Ray Corvette
Who is Cherry Valance
200

 "It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks!"

Who is Ponyboy Curtis 

200
Ponyboy gets jumped in front of one in the first chapter
What is the movie theater
200

This is what caused Johnny to kill Bob

What is the Socs were drowning Ponyboy

200

Ponyboy says about Johnny Cade, "I don't know what it was about Johnny--maybe that lost-puppy look... " which is an example of this kind of figurative language that compares without like or as

What is a metaphor.

300
Character who dies from a broken back
Who is Johnny Cade
300

"You know what a Greaser is? White trash with long hair."

Who is Bob Sheldon

300
This is where Ponyboy meets Cherry
What is the drive-in theater
300

This happens right after Ponyboy and Johnny change their appearances

What is Dally visits and they go to the Dairy Queen

300

When Ponyboy says "Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies." He is using this kind of figurative language comparison.

What is simile 

400
Oldest of the Curtis brothers; roofs houses
Who is Darry Curtis
400

"Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many things I ain't seen."

Who is Johnny Cade

400
This is the town that Ponyboy and Johnny run away to
What is Windrixville
400

This happens right before Johnny dies and involves many characters save for Randy

What is the rumble

400

The recurrent emphasis on the sunset as a literary device is an example of this term that means an idea, object, symbol, or concept that repeats itself throughout a text.

What is a motif

500
His prize possession is a 10 inch switch blade
Who is Two-Bit
500

"Just don't forget some of us watch the same sunset."

Who is Cherry Valance

500
Johnny and Ponyboy rescue children from this location
What is a church
500

This happens after and in response to Johnny's death.

What is Dally robs a store and gets shot by the police

500

The reference to Robert Frost's poem in S.E. Hinton's novel is an example of this term, meaning an indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance in a work of literature or art.

What is allusion