Chapter 1: Answers for questions
1. Describe each of the characters in this chapter and their relationship with one another.
Ponyboy: has long light brown hair that is close to a red color, Greenish-grey eyes, is 14 years old. He is the youngest of the gang.Ponyboy and the rest of the greasers usually stick together and help each other if one of them is in need of help.
Darry (Darrel): Six-feet-two, dark-brown hair,a pale blue-green eye color almost like ice, muscular, broad-shouldered, 20 years old. He is rough although he doesn't mean to be.
Sodapop (Soda): Handsome, Dark gold hair, Finely drawn with a sensitive face, in the summer his hair is like a wheat-gold, dark brown eyes, very understanding, he is 16 going on 17. He cares about people and is gentle with them hurt or not. Stands up for Pony. And he under stands everyone.
Steve Randle: Tall, thick greasy hair combed back and curly , 17 years old, over confident,smart, lean and Soda's best friend since grade school. He works good with cars inf fact he knows them inside and out. He works very fast and quietly. Steve doesn't really like Pony he thinks that he is juts a kid that tags along with them.
Keith (Two-Bit Mathews): Two-Bit is the oldest of the gang, he is about six feet tall, long rusty colored sideburns , stocky, gray eyes, always makes funny remarks to help save his life and just for the fun of it. Always talks can not get him to be quiet. The wisecracker of the group. He likes fights, blondes & school.
Dallas Winston (Dally): a face that is shaped like an elf, high cheekbones, a pointy chin, light blond but its so light that it looks almost white, animal teeth, sharp teeth just like a animal, ears like a lynx, small, he hates hair cuts and hair oil, his hair is curled behind his ears, his eyes are blue and blazing like ice. He cares for the gang but he is always bitter at the world he has a huge record at the police station and went to jail for almost every thing.
Johnny Cade (Johnnycake / Johnny): he is the second youngest of the group, smaller than the rest of the group, black eyes and a dark tanned face, he has long jet black hair that is heavily greased and combed to the side, he is has a nervous yet suspicious look in his eyes. He is the gangs pet.
2. Who are the Socs? Who are the Greasers?
The socs are the rich kids that live on the west side of the city who could get out of almost anything. They jump greasers that walk in pairs or in singles. They always travel with a big group of people so if they meet a small group of greasers they can jump the and they can't get away because they would be surrounded, and if the greasers tied to run they would be caught and pinned down. But if there is a large group of greasers (more than 3) the socs would run away. They are always looking for a fight.
The greasers are the poor kids that live on the east side of the city. Greases usually walk in groups of three or more. But if they don't and the socs find out they would be jumped. The greasers care for each other and if one was in trouble they would help their gang. If some one stars a fight with them they would finish it. If some thing happens to a gang member they would try to figure out why it happened or why they didn't get them to come with that person so that it wouldn't of happened.
3. How do Ponyboy's relationships with Darry and Sodapop differ? Explain.
Ponyboys brother Soda is kind to Ponyboy and the other people in the group and gets Pony to come with him when he goes out with somebody. Soda also stands up for pony boy when Darry or somebody is yelling (getting m,ad at) Pony.
Ponyboys oldest brother Darry gets mad at at Pony when he doesn't do good enough or does some thing wrong. Darry also get mad at him because Pony never thinks about what he is doing. Darry cares for Pony he just doesn't do to good at showing that he does.
So Pony's relationship with his to older brothers differ because Soda is kind to him and Darry is rough with him. For example when Pony was beet up b the socs Darry shook Pony, And Soda asked him if he was okay and cared for him when he was crying and bleeding.
4. Why is the 'gang' important to Johnny?
The gang is important to Johnny because they are like his family to him. Johnny wouldn't know what love, affection or any of that stuff meant or what they felt like if he didn't have the gang. When Johnny was beet up by the socs they were their to care for him and make him feel better. With out the gang he would have nobody to hang out with, to be cared for and to make him feel better when he is hurt. So the gang is important to Johnny because with out the gang he wouldn't be who he is and well he wouldn't have people that are like brothers to him.
5. How does Ponyboy react to what Sodapop tells him about Darry?
Ponyboy was shocked and didn't really believe him. Pony didn't think that Darry could love any one.
6. Do you think Darry loves Ponyboy? Why does he treat Ponyboy the way he does?
Well i do think Darry loves Pony he just treats Pony like that because well he wants Pony to never give up and reach his goal. And to make something good of his life, and well Darry treats pony like that because he doesn't really know how to treat him with out treating him roughly.
7. What does Ponyboy mean on page 8 when he says, "I lie to myself all the time"? Do you ever lie to yourself? Why?
When Ponyboy said that he lies to him self all time he said it because he's telling himself that Darry doesn't car about him when he knew he really did care about him. I some time lie to myself to when I'm not doing good at something and i tell my self that I suck at this when I really don't.
Chapter 2: Answers for questions
Vocabulary - Find the meaning for the following words in this chapter and write one paragraph that uses all 3 words correctly:
Incredulous: the act of showing disbelief
Vaguely: the meaning is not clear (unclear,doesn't make any sense, confusing,etc.)
Nonchalantly: calm or unconcerned about what is going around
When a girl went for a walk they had heard a crack in the bushes as if someone was following her. She nonchalantly turned around trying to see who had created that noise. She didn't see any one or any thing. So she kept walking when she heard it again, so she got scared and ran. After ten minutes with out another sound like that she heard it again. Instead of walking away she just sat their incredulously telling herself that she was just imaging it and that it wasn't even real. When all of a sudden her pet dog jumped out of the bush behind her and started licking her. Vaguely she thought about how her dog got out side in the first place. Then her brothers popped out of the bushes where the dog had came from they started laughing and with them they had their video camera and caught every little detail of the prank.
1. Who is the fuzz? (p. 20)
to the greasers the fuzz is another name for the cops (police)
2. Are the names Ponyboy and Sodapop nicknames? Explain.
no the name Sodapop and Ponyboy are not nick names their father named them he picked (made up) very unique name for them.
3. Who are Cherry and Marcia?
Cherry and Mercia are two socs that they met at the drive in Cherry is a red headed Cheer leader with ling hair and Mercia is has short back hair. They were both wearing sharp clothes.
4. Why doesn't Ponyboy like referring to Sodapop as a dropout?
Ponyboy doesn't like referring to Soda as a drop out because he knows that Soda dropped out so that he could help to make money for the house, his family and to keep Pony in school.
5. What is Ponyboy comparing Two-Bit to when he calls him a "chessy cat" on page 27? What figure of speech is this besides a simile?
When Pony boy calls Two-Bit a "chessy cat" he is referring to the purple and black cat in Alice in Wonderland and how that when Two-Bit smiles his Smile looks like that cat.the figure of speech used is a comparison well very close.
6. What is "a weed" slang for in 1967?
a "weed" in 1967 was slang for a cigarette
7. Why does Dally look sick now (p. 33)?
Dally looked sick because one of his gang (Johnny, the pet of his group) was beet up so bad that he was upset that they weren't there sooner and how could some body do that to some body.
8. What literary device does the author use to describe Johnny's mugging (pgs. 31-34)?
Informational, sad ,hurt, emotional, etc
Chapter 3: Answers for questions
Vocabulary - Find the meaning for the following words in this chapter and write one paragraph that uses all 4 words correctly:
Aloof: cool, snobby, detached, etc
Impersonally: not personal (doesn't matter if it spreads because it doesn't really matter to the person)
Ornery: Stubborn, ugly, unpleasant, mean, ill-tempered, testy, etc
Resignedly: a hopeless resigned manner
It was a rainy day and nobody was out side. This is the worst rain storm we had in years said Rose. Impersonally I like it better when its not raining were we could go out side and have some fun. Rose's sister offered to play a bored game or something to pass the time. Rose ornery yelled at her sister "NO" and ran to her room. Eventually she had realized how aloof she was to her sister and went resignedly apologized. After she apologized she played monoply with her sitter letting the day pass.
1. What does Cherry explain as the difference between the socs and the greasers?
According to Cherry the greasers are emotional and the socs are sophisticated and cool- they don't feel emotions and nothing is real to them
2. What does Ponyboy mean on p. 39 when he says "Johnny and I understood each other without saying anything"? Have you ever had a relationship with someone who you understood, or who understood you, without having to say anything?
When Pony said that he meant that they were really close to each other almost like they were related. They understand what is going on with each other because they are so close. I didn't really have a relationship with some one like that but I did have a relationship with someone who could tell my emotions by just looking at my expressions, if that counts as someone who understood what was going on without me have to say something about it.
3. When and how did Pony's parents die?
Pony's parents died earlier in the year in a car accident
4. What happens when Pony comes home after his curfew?
when Pony comes home after curfew his brother dally flipped and slapped him across the face after that Pony ran away with Johnny went for a walk in the park
5. Why does Johnny like it better when his father is hitting him?
Johnny likes it better because no matter what his father does to him he is still family and that is what is so important to him because he needs his family and he also doesn't like it when his mother is yelling at him.
6. At the end of the chapter, how does the author foreshadow that bad things are to come?
the author for shadows the chapter with the words of the chapter "I Was Wrong" those words just show that some thing bad is going to happen.
Chapter 4: Answers for questions
Vocabulary: Find the meaning for the following words in this chapter and write one paragraph that uses all 3 words correctly.
Ruefully: Feeling, causing sorrow, pity
Hermit: A person who has withdrawn from their home to a calm place where nothing really happens.
Premonition: anxiety or anticipation of an upcoming event
When she was about to move she was ruefully thinking about how things are going to change. As she was leaving she said bye to all her friends and neighbour for what she thought for the last time. On her way to her new home she kind of felt that she was a hermit. Eventually her premonition left and she realized that something good is going to come out of this move.
1. What does Pony mean when he says the socs were "reeling pickled" on page 54?
When Pony said that I think that he meant that they where confused, angry and dangerous, maybe even tired.
2. What major event happens in this chapter?
The Major event in this chapter was that the socs were drowning Ponyboy and Johnny killed a kid in self defence to make them stop.
3. How did the author foreshadow that Johnny would use his knife in Chapter 2?
In Chapter to the author for shadowed that Johnny would use his knife because eventually he had to to stay safe and so that he would never be hurt the way he was ever again even if it means he has to use his knife and even kill kid he would do it for self defence and nothing could change that.
4. What would your advice be to Johhny and Ponyboy if they'd come to you for help instead of Dally? Explain
I really don't know what I'd tell them I would probably be something like you did the wrong thing and unless you what to spend the rest of your life running you should turn you self in because the more you run the worse the punishment would be.
Chapter 5: Answers for questions
Vocabulary: Find the meaning for the following words and write one paragraph that uses all 6 words correctly.
Reluctantly: Resistance to, opposing to, unwilling to
Sullen: Silent, ill-humored, sluggish, irritation
Eluded: trickery, to avoid, to escape, cleverness, to evade,
Imploringly:to beg for aid or mercy, to beg urgently
Gallant: Brave, spirited, polite, grand, etc.
Indignant: feeling, expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, characterized by, offencive, insulting, etc.
Greg's mom asked Greg if he would bring his little sister to the park, but Greg didn't want to go to the park with his sister. So Greg reluctantly said "No I have to do something else". His mom replied that remark with "Well Greg that something else could wait now go to the park with your sister". Greg sullenly said in a gallant like fashion "fine I will go to the park with her but only for a little if that's all right?" Greg's mom replied " That's all right Greg". With that sentence that his mom had just finished Greg left with his little sister to go to the park. While at the park his sister walked up to him and said something really weired. After that he felt that he was eluded in to going to the park with his sister. Greg wanted to go home he felt that something indignant was going to happen. But his sister wouldn't leave so Greg maneged to get her to leave by asking her imploringly over and over again.
1. Why does Pony have a problem with Johnny's idea to disguise themselves?
Pony has a problem with Johnny's idea of disguising them selves because for the1st point he doesn't want cut his hair and for the second he doesn't want to get it bleached it took him so long to get it to the length that he wanted it at.
2. What does Pony mean when he says, "I was supposed to be the deep one"
When Pony said and "I was supposed to be the deep one" he meant that he was supposed to be the one who gets more things in books (understand more) when Johnny was getting more out of it than he was him self.
3. Why does Johnny think he is a hero (p. 76)? Do you think Dally is a hero based on what he did?
Johnny thought that Dally was a hero because he would take the blame for people in the group and not get mad about it. Well it is a good deed and its shows that he cares so I Guess he is a hero based on what he did.
4. Why does Pony realize he doesn't like Dally? Can you explain what he means by this?
Pony relizes that he dosn't like Dally because he realized that Dally is some one that he dosn't really under stand and because it scares him that Dally is like a real hero.
5. Examine Robert Frost's poem, Nothing Gold can Stay. What do you think the poem is saying? How might this apply to the characters in the novel?
I think Roberts poem is saying that nothing ever stay's young and that you should enjoy being young while you are still young enough. This applys to the charater's because they are all young and they all enjoy being young.
6. On page 78, Johnny compares Pony and his brothers to their parents. Which one of your parents are you most like? What similarities do you share?
I think that i am most like my mother. The simularities that we share are our natural hair coulor, eye coulor, tone of voice (usually luder thatn usuall), like the same food not including hotpeppers and mushrooms, and well we gat a long great.
7. What does Pony mean when he says he drinks Pepsis like a friend (p.78)?
When Pony says that he drinks pepsi like a fiend he means that he drinks them like a devil (he neeads them they are important to him)
8. What's a 'heater'? Why does Dally have one?
A heater is a gun and Dally has one to get him out of trouble and for hoax'
9. Why are the socs and the greasers going to fight in the vacant lot?
The greasers and the socs ar going to have a fight in the vacant lot to kill time, and to avenge the losses of best friends well for the socs that is for the greasers its to avenge all the times theve bean hurt
10. Who's the spy for the greasers? Does this surprise you? Why or why not?
The spy for the greasers is Cherry Valance. This does not supprise me it dosn't because well if it worn't for her boyfriend nothing woulden't of happend and everyone would have been safe.
Cahpter 6: Answers for Questions
Vocabulary: Find the meaning of the following word from this chapter and use it in a sentence correctly.
bewildered (p. 88): confused, puzzeld
He bewildered over the question he was asked it didn't make sence at all
1. Do you think Dally's parents have influenced the way he is; his personality?Explain.
Yes i think that Dally's parent's influenced the way his personality is. I think this because his dad dosn't care about what happens to him and that is what caused Dally to be What he is.
2. Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?
Dally dosn't wan't Johnny to turn himself in because he dosn't want Johnny getting hurt like he did when he was in jail.
3. What "other side" of Dallas is revealed in this chapter?
The other side od Dallas that was found in this chapter was a kind and caring side a side that has fealings.
4. What's your own definition of a hero? Do the three boys prove themselves to be heroes, according to your definition? Explain.
Honestly I think that a hero is a persn that cares for somebody or other people that will risk their lives to save the others no matter what the consequence is.
5. Why do you think Johnny wasn't scared, despite the obvious danger, on page 92?
He wasn't scared because he is older than the kids and he know the kids need help and that as long as kids are all right he will be to.
Chapter 7: Answers for questions
1. Explain what Pony means when he says Soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 101.
When Pony says that Soda reminds him of a colt he meant that he gets his nose into every thing and is allways curios no matter the problem.
2. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
Jonny was in critical conditon with a brocken back, third-degree burn and a severe shock.
3. Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
Being crippled would be worse for Johnny than some one else beacause he woulden't be able to leave the house often and his parents would keep critisizeing him and maybe even beeting him.
4. "Maybe people are younger when they are asleep" (p.104). what do you think about this comment?
Well I wouldn't of put it that way but people are more relaxed when they are aslip that the do seem younger so it auctually is a good statement.
5. What is a juvenile delinquent (p. 107)? Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.
juvenile delinquent: is some one who breaks the law ( a young criminal)
6. Why would Two-Bit think Johnny, Dally, and Pony were heroes all along; before they saved the kids?
Two-Bit thaught that they we heros all along because well the have allways had it in them they just needed a chance to proove it.
7. What was Bob's 'real' problem, according to Randy (p.116)?
According to randy bob's problem was that he just wanted to be told no for once and nobody would say it to him wich caused thing to go to far.
8. Why did Pony think it was better to see socs as "just guys" on p. 118? What do you think he means by this?
i think that when he said that he men't that he just relized that they are humans to nomatter what their position they are allways just guys like everyone els.
Chapter 8: Answers for questions
1. How does what the doctor first says, on page 119, foreshadow Johnny's condition?
The doctor forshadows Johny's Condition with the expression in his voice.
2. "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason" (p.121). What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason?
Pony means that with out Johnny The gang will never be the same and noone would be able to get along every thing will be fliped upside down.
3. What does Pony mean on p. 123 when he says, "we could get along without anyone but Johnny"?
when Pony says that he means johnny is the most inportant part of the group the person that keeps every one together and gets along with everyone with out him that would be no more.
4. If Darry didn't have Soda and Pony, why would he be a soc?
Darry would be a soc because he when he was in high school he wasn't ony a foot ball player but also a friend of the socs. So if he didn't have his brothers to pay for he would have more money, be in college and be able to become a soc that is why Darry is not a soc.
5. What does Cherry mean when she says Bob "wasn't just anyone" on p.129?
When Cherry says that she means that when he wasn't drunk he was the kindest guy she new so he may get drunk easy but he still had a soft side and that is what made him not just anyone.
Chapter 9: Answers for questions
1. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
when he asks he is saying that the world is a cruel place and that things happen that shouldn't hapen.
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
Boys fight beacause they wan't to and to get a reputation. Pony is different he fight because he needs to.
3. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain how Pony feels this difference might give his group the upper hand?
Tim shepards gang is different because their gang is organized and ponyboys in unorginized this would give ponyboy the upper hand because every one can fight any one not who they are assigned to.
4. What do you think Johnny's last words to Pony mean?
i think johnny is saying that pony should enjoy life while he is still young and try you best to be young don't grow up to fast.
Chapter 10: Answers for questions
Vocabulary: Find the meaning of the following word from the chapter and use it in a sentence correctly.
Indignantly: Angry or annoyed at the unfairness of something.
He said Indignantly "I cannot believe that i have to go out with her this is the worst night of my life".
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
His dreaming and lying finally dead finally worked in this chapter because he had managed to convince himself that Johnny wasn't dead even though he was.
2. Why was Johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
Johnny dying was difficult for Dally to handle because Johnny was the only person/thing in the world that Dally really loved and cared for and without Johnny Dally would have nothing to live for.
3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?
Dally would have wanted to die because he nolonger has anything that he really cherished and with that gone what does he have to live for.
Chapter 11: Answers for Questions
Vocabulary: Find the meaning of the following word from the chapter and use it in a sentence correctly.
Acquitted: Not guilty, Inocent, not being charged
He may have lied to the judge but he was acquitted and the case was closed.
1. Explain why Pony might rather have anyone's hate than their pity (p.162)?
Because when somebody shows pity on you it could go on for a while and it could get annoying but when somebody hates you they proberly ignore you and stuff like that.
2. What do you think is going on with Ponyboy when he says, "Johnny didn't have anyhing to do with Bob's getting killed" (p.166)?
well he wasn't feelng good and he was upset. So i think that he was trying to blam himself for what happend in hope that johnny would be alright and alive and he didn't really want to think of how Johnny had died. So when he said that he was upset and saying that he missed Johnny and want's to see him 1 last time maybee even not wan't to think of how he died. So it is hard to say what he meant it could mean alot but he was probally say that he miss' johny and maybe just maybe if he had killed Bob johnny would still be alive. And That is what i think he meant.
Chapter 12: Answers for questions
1. What 'circumstances' do Ponyboy's teacher refer to? What circumstances does Ponyboy think his teacher is referring to?
Ponyboys teacher is refering to that he would have to be held back a year in english if i didn't do good in english. Pony thaught tha when the teacer said that he ment that pony was goofing off and because Pony was in troble before.
2. Why doesn't Ponyboy feel scared when the socs approach him and he threatens them with a broken bottle (p.170-171)? How is this a dramatic change from the Ponyboy we have seen up until this point?
Pony didn't feel scared because he has been through so much that he know that it won't do him any good to be scared. And after all that he has gone through and seen that he feels that nothing can touch him and if some one tried the would defend himself so that no one could touch him and that is the way he wanted it. It is a dramatic chande because he yous'd to be the one who wouldn't hurt a fly even if it was trying to kill him and now he will hurt anyone who tries to hurt or even try to kill him.
3. What does Darry mean when he says, "you don't just stop living because you lose someone" (p.173)?
Darry means that just because they last 2 of ther bestfriends they can't just give up on life like what Dally had done. Insted you cherish the moment's you had spent with them and move on knowing that they are in a good place and that one day you will see them again.
4. How do we know Sandy didn't love Soda as much as he loved her?
We know that Sandy didn't love Soda as much as he loved her because when Soda proposed to her she left town and moved in with her grandmother in Florida.
5. Explain how Darry and Ponyboy play tug of war with Soda.
Darry and Pony Play Tug of War with soda by puting soda in the middle of their argument forcing him to choose who is right or wrong.
6. What do we learn was so special about Johnny (p.178)?
Johnny is special because he listend to everyone and payed attention to life and cared about others. That is what made Johnny so special.
7. What does Ponyboy end up doing for his English assignment?
Pony ends up doing his english assignment onHis time spent with Johnny and when the hardest week of his life had started.
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