Name: ________________________
By S. E. Hinton
CHAPTER QUESTIONS
1.
Who is the narrator of the story?
Pony boy has been narrating.
2.
How does he feel about Soda?
He likes Soda, he feels comfortable with him, either he has a thing for his brother or they just don’t
seem to care what they say about each other, because he talks about how good looking and pretty he
is.
3.
What happens to him on the way home from the movies?
He gets jumped on the way home from the opposing gang, the soc’s and is threatened.
4.
What does Pony boy say the difference between Darry and their father are?
His father wasn’t rough or hard on the kids without reason and Darry is.
5.
What does Pony boy think about Steve?
6.
Who is the "character" of the gang? Why?
2 bit is the character of the gang.
7.
What does Pony boy do in biology class that surprises people?
He had pulled out a knife to dissect something.
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8.
What secret does Soda tell Pony boy?
He tells him he wants to marry Sandy
9.
What do you think Soda meant when he told Pony boy that Darry yells at him because he has
a lot of worries (p17)?
Because he has a lot of responsibility on him and he just wants everything well to go for him and also
with all the responsibility on him it puts a lot of stress on him and he may just take it out on pony boy.
1.
Where are Johnny and Pony boy when the chapter opens?
At the drive-ins called the dingos.
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2.
Why does Dally sneak in?
Because he doesn’t like following rules, he is a lawbreaker
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3.
Who are the two girls they meet there?
Cherry Valance and Marcia
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4.
Why does Dally leave and go somewhere else?
He gets told to stop and doesn’t want to hit the guy who told him to stop.
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5.
Who gets Dally to stop bothering the girls? Why is this surprising?
Johnny steps in and it’s surprising because he’s a very shy and nervous person, and he is the pet of the
gang and never does things like that.
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6.
Why does Two-Bit tell them that Tim Shepard is looking for Dally?
Tim wants to fight him, because Dally slashed his tires.
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7.
Why do people turn and look as Pony boy and Cherry go for refreshments?
Because it’s weird to see a greaser and a soc hangout, because they’re
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8.
Who are the people that beat up Johnny (hint: a gang and someone else)?
A group of four soc’s got out of a mustang and beat him up.
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9.
If someone tries to beat up Johnny again, what will he do?
He will pull out his switchblade that he now carries and die fighting.
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10. After Pony boy tells Cherry the story about Johnny, what does she say (p34)? Do you think
that's true?
She tells them not all soc’s are like that, and it’s like the same as Dally, not all greasers are like Dally.
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1.
What seems funny to Pony boy as they walk to get the car?
What seemed funny to Pony Boy was that the soc’s were like the greasers in some ways
2.
What does Cherry see as the differences between the two gangs? Be sure to fill in your gang
chart.
She says greasers are much more emotional and that soc’s are more sophisticated in a sense that that
they don’t care much about anything
3.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
It was soda’s supposed horse. It was someone else’s but he just takes care of it.
4.
What does Soda do when Mickey Mouse gets sold?
Soda gets really hurt and cried all night
5.
What do Ponyboy and Cherry both like?
They both liked watching sunsets
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6.
What mean thing does Ponyboy say to Johnny? Why?
He told Johnny he wasn’t wanted at home, pretty saying his parents didn’t care about Johnny. He said
this because he was mad because he had made a fool of himself
7.
Why does Johnny get nervous when Bob drives up in his blue Mustang?
Because that was the same looking car that pulled up on Johnny once and the soc’s got out of and
jumped him
8.
Who does Cherry confess she could fall in love with? Why?
She said she’d fall in love with Dallas Winston (Dally), in my opinion it’s because he’s a bad boy
9.
What does Darry do when Pony boy comes home late?
He acts like a father figure and does what the normal parent does if there kid comes home late
10. Why do you think Johnny says the gang isn't the same as having your own folks care?
1.
How many Socs are in the park? What condition are they in?
About 5 and they are all a little drunk
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2.
What does Bob do to Ponyboy?
He starts drowning him in a fountain
3.
What does Johnny do to help Ponyboy?
He kills the soc who is drowning him
4.
Who do Johnny and Ponyboy go to for help? Why? What does he give them?
They go to Dally for help; reason being is that Dally is use to these kinds of things, and he gives them a
gun, $50, a new shirt and Dally gives his jacket
5.
Where do Ponyboy and Johnny go to hide out? How do they get there? Do you think this is a
good hideout? Why or why not?
They go to an old abandoned church, they get in a box car, it’s decent but other people could hang out
there too and will be suspicious of them two and they could get into another fight
6.
What happened the last time that Ponyboy and Johnny went to church?
Pony and Johnnycake were enjoying it and being quiet and sensible, but the rest of the group were
being rowdy and obnoxious
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1.
What does Ponyboy say you do "when you haven't got anything to do" (p69)? What does he
mean?
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2.
Who does Johnny say Ponyboy acts like? Why?
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3.
Why does Johnny cut Ponyboy' s hair? Why is this hard for Ponyboy?
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4.
What book do they read together?
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5.
What do Johnny and Ponyboy swear they won't do anymore before they fall asleep?
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6.
Why does Johnny think Dally is a hero? Do you agree with him?
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7.
What do you think the poem on p77 means?
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8.
Who comes to visit them?
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9.
What does Dally tell them is happening back in town?
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10. Who is acting as a spy for the Greasers? Why do you think this person is spying?
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1.
Do you think the whole mess is Cherry's fault?
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2.
What does Johnny announce they are going to do? Why?
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3.
Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?
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4.
What happens to the church?
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5.
How does Ponyboy describe Johnny as the two of them are inside the church (p92)? Why do
you think Johnny is like that?
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6.
What does Darry do when he sees Ponyboy in the hospital?
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7.
What does Ponyboy finally realize about Dairy?
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8.
What is Dairy's silent fear?
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1.
Why were reporters interested in what happened to Ponyboy and Johnny?
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2.
What was Johnny' s physical condition after the fire?
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3.
What do the Curtis brothers like to eat for breakfast?
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4.
What information did Ponyboy learn from the newspaper about him and his brothers?
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5.
What sport is Ponyboy good at?
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6.
Why did Randy want to talk to Ponyboy?
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7.
Why didn't Randy want to fight in the rumble?
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8.
According to Randy, what should Bob's parents have done differently? Why do you think this
bothered Bob so much about his parents?
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9.
What does Ponyboy finally understand after talking with Randy? (find the quote)
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1. What two things does Johnny ask Two-Bit and Ponyboy for when he is in the hospital?
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2. What does Johnny tell Ponyboy when they are alone in the hospital room?
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3. Who else comes to visit Johnny? Why doesn't he want to see her? Do you agree with his
decision?
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4. What does Two-Bit give to Dally?
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5. Why won't Cherry visit Johnny in the hospital?
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6. What did Cherry love about Bob?
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7. Why do you think Ponyboy asks Cherry about sunsets?
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1. Why do the Greasers get dressed up for the rumble?
They didn’t want to show the soc’s that they were
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2. What two things do Greasers have according to Ponyboy?
They have rep and long hair
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3. What are Darry, Soda, Steve, and Two-Bit's reasons for fighting?
Steve for hatred, Darry pride, Soda fun and Two-bit for conformity
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4. How do the boys describe Greasers?
They don’t have real tuff builds or anything, but they’re mostly lean and kinds of panther looking in a
slouchy way
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5. How do the Socs look? What does Ponyboy say is important about looks?
Semi-beatle haircuts, clean shave, checker shirts with light red or tan coloured jackets, or ski madras
jackets. They look decent and people won’t think they’re the culprit’s
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6. Why was Darry angry at Paul?
Because he was jealous of Paul
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7. How is Dally able to join the rumble?
Because he threatened a nurse with a knife and quickly ran to it
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8. What does Dally tell the police when he is stopped?
That Pony is sick and needs to get to a hospital
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9. What are the last two things Johnny says? What do you think he means?
“Stay golden” it’s part of the poetry novel Pony and Johnny had
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1. What
does
the
man
who
picks
up
Ponyboy
notice
about
him?
The huge cut on his head
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2. Who calls the house? Why?
Dally, because he robbed a gas station and needed help
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3. What happens to Dally? Why?
He dies, because he aimed a gun at the police officers
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4. Do you think Ponyboy was right and that was what Dally wanted? Why?
Probably, Dally didn’t have much to live for, and supposedly Johnny was the last thing he cared about
and now Johnny was gone he had nothing left
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5. What does Ponyboy think is different about what happened to Dally and Johnny?
That Johnny died a hero and Dally died a delinquent
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6. How long has Ponyboy been asleep?
About a week or so
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7. What is Ponyboy worried that he did when he was sick? Why?
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That he didn’t call for Darry, because it was his brother who cared for him and he’d feel bad if he didn’t
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8. What did Johnny leave for Ponyboy?
He left a copy of ‘Gone with the Wind’
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1. Whose picture does Ponyboy come across in Soda's yearbook?
Paul, Darry’s old buddy
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2. What does Ponyboy begin to think about when he sees this picture?
He wondered what he was like as a person
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3. Ponyboy says he would rather have ‘hatred’ than ‘what’? Why do you think he says this?
Than pity, not sure maybe he doesn’t like anyone feeling sorry for him
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4. Who comes to visit Ponyboy? Why do you think he is there?
Randy, he feels like he is somewhat part of it
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5. What lies does Ponyboy say to Randy? Why do you think he does this?
I think he lies about his older brother yelling at him
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6. What does Darry call Ponyboy? Why does Ponyboy like this?
Ponyboy Curtis, he likes it because he likes his full name
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1. Who was at the hearing?
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2. What does the judge ask Ponyboy?
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3. Why do you think Ponyboy' s life is so mixed up after the hearing?
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4. What deal does Ponyboy's teacher make? Why?
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5. What does Ponyboy do when he sees the Socs?
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6. What does Ponyboy think is good about being tough? Do you agree?
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7. What does Darry tell Ponyboy that upsets him?
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8. Why does Soda get so upset?
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9. What does Ponyboy realize about the lies he's been telling?
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10. What does Johnny want Ponyboy to tell Dally? Why?
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11. What does Ponyboy decide to write about for his English assignment?
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