Characters
Vocabulary
Significant Quotes
Literary Elements
Miscellaneous
100
This character is the youngest member of the Greasers; he loves to read
Who is Ponyboy
100
The state of following the crowd
What is conformity?
100
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
Who is Johnny?
100
The point of view from which the story is told
What is first person?
100
A fight that is even on both sides and has no weapons
What is a fair fight?
200
This character is considered the "pet" of the gang; he's scared of Socs
Who is Johnny?
200
Unbelievable
What is unfathomable?
200
“You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you...”
Who is Dally?
200
A reference to a literary work, person, place, or event
What is an allusion?
200
The Greasers' word for "cool"
What is "tuff"?
300
This character is the toughest member of the Greasers
Who is Dally?
300
Filled with horror or shock
What is aghast?
300
“Things are rough all over.”
Who is Cherry?
300
The poem that is alluded to by Ponyboy at the church
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
300
Two characters who are described as "gold" or "golden" in the novel
Who are Ponyboy/Sodapop/Ponyboy's mother?
400
This character is considered the joker of the gang, and he's never without his black-handled switchblade
Who is Two-Bit?
400
Sudden and/or unexpected
What is abrupt?
400
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”
Who is Ponyboy?
400
Ponyboy's favorite book; the book Johnny leaves to Ponyboy when he dies
What is Gone With the Wind?
400
The two themes we examined as we read the novel
What are family and stereotype?
500
This character represents the life Darry could have had if he weren't a Greaser
Who is Paul Holden?
500
A state of near unconsciousness
What is stupor?
500
"Listen, Soda. You and Ponyboy, if the fuzz show, you beat it out of there."
Who is Darry?
500
The stage of life symbolized by "nature's first green"
What is youth?
500
The three groups who show up to fight the Socs at the rumble
What are the Greasers, Tim Shepard's gang, and the Brumly boys?