He thinks that Dally is too hard and rough. He thinks that Dally could be better than he thinks he is. Dally is Ponyboy's least favorite person in the gang.
100
Who keps Darry back from being a Soc?
Ponyboy and Sodapop.
100
Where does Sodapop work?
A gas station.
100
How does Johnny feel about Dally?
He kind of "worships" him. Johnny thinks that Dally is gallant.
100
Where is Dally from?
New York City
200
Why do Ponyboy and Johnny think they are different?
They like watching the sunsets and none of the other boys in the gang would watch a sunset and think of it like Ponyboy and Johnny do.
200
Why does Darry like to fight?
He likes anything that lets him show his muscles and how tough he is.
200
Why does Sodapop like to fight?
He likes anything with action.
200
What does Johnny say to Ponyboy in the hospital before he dies?
Stay Gold Ponyboy.
200
Why does Dally get mad at Johnny when he says that he wants to turn himself in?
He gets mad because he says that he should have turned himself in a long time ago because now they will charge him even more because he was running from the cops.
300
What did Randy talk with Ponyboy about in the car?
He tells Ponyboy that he isn't going to go to the rumble because it is a bit waste of time. Socs will still be at the top and Greasers will still be at the bottom.
300
Why is Darry so hard on Ponyboy?
Darry doesn't want Ponyboy to drop out of school and he wants him to do better than what he did.
300
Why is being the "middle-man" so hard for Sodapop?
He is always caught up in the middle of Darry and Ponyboys arguments and he doesn't like to have to choose sides.
300
Why did Johnny kill Bob?
Him and his friends were drowning Ponyboy and they were going to beat Johnny up.
300
Why is Dally so beat up when Johnny dies?
Johnny was that only thing the Dally actually loved.
400
Why can't Ponyboy smoke cigarettes in his bed while he was in bed rest?
If something dropped off of it, the bed could light of fire.
400
Why didn't Darry go to collage?
He stayed behind to take care of his kid brothers so that they wouldn't be put into a boys home.
400
Who is Sodapop's best friend?
Steve
400
What does Johnny ask for while he is in the hospital?
Hair grease and another copy of Gone With the Wind so Ponyboy can finish reading it to him.
400
How does Dally die?
He was pointing a 'heater' at a cop and the cop shot him.
500
Why is Ponyboy finally able to write his English theme?
He decides to face the facts that Johnny and Dally are dead after he reads the note from Johnny. The note gives him an idea and he starts to write everything that happened.
500
Why did Darry feel so bad about hitting Ponyboy?
Their parents never hit any of them and when Darry hit Ponyboy he knew that it would tare him apart. Darry felt bad because no one in their family had ever been treated like that before.
500
How are Sodapop and Ponyboy alike?
They are both kind of "dreamy" and they both have the long, thick, black hair that every greaser wanted.
500
Why when Johnny's mom comes to see him in the hospital does he not want to see her?
He said that all she wanted to do was to come in and tell him how big of a mess he was in and how much trouble he would be in once he got out of the hospital.
500
How does Dally get out of the hospital and to the rumble?
He kept Two-Bits switch blade and held it up to the nurse and ran out of the hospital.