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Reading Check Questions: Chapter 4
1. At the park, Bob said a Greaser is:
A. someone without manners B. white trash with long hair C. someone going nowhere in life
2. Who got killed in the park?
A. Randy B. Sodapop C. Bob
3. Who was the killer?
A. Ponyboy B. Johnny C. Dally
4. To whom did Johnny and Ponyboy turn for help?
A. Darry B. Dally C. Cherry
5. Where did Johnny & Ponyboy hideout?
A. Pony’s House B. an abandoned church in Windrixville C. a barn
6. What did Dally give the boys?
A. food B. train tickets C. $50 and a gun
7. What happened to Ponyboy at the park?
A. He gets beaten up B. David holds his head underwater C. He escapes and runs for help
8. Johnny kills Bob by?
A. Stabbing him B. Shooting him C. drowning him
Discussion Questions: Chapter 4
9. Why were Johnny & Ponyboy in the park?
10. List as many reasons as you can for Bob, Randy, and David’s aggression. (There are at least 4).
11. How did Johnny react to the events?
12. Why was Dally afraid to talk to Darry?
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Reading Check Questions: Chapter 5
1. When Ponyboy awakens in the church, where does he discover Johnny has gone?
A. to the store for provisions B. to the police C. to Pony’s house for help
2. How do Johnny & Pony disguise themselves?
A. hair cuts for both of them B. lighten Pony’s hair with peroxide C. mustaches & fedora hats
3. Why does Dally drive the boys to town?
A. to meet the socs for a rumble B. to get something to eat C. to meet Cherry & Marcia
4. What is a “heater,” and why does Dally carry it?
A. a gun to scare the socs
B. a radiator to keep warm
C. a toaster oven to cook food
Discussion Questions: Chapter 5
5. Has your opinion about Dally changed?
6. What does Pony mean when he says, “I was supposed to be the deep one” [p.75]?
7. Why does Johnny think Dally is a hero [p.76]? Do you think Dally is a hero based on what he did?
8. Why are the socs and the greasers going to fight in the vacant lot?
9. How do the Johnny & Pony feel about the events in the park?
10. What is it that foreshadows Johnny’s predicament on pg. 69?
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Reading Check Questions: Chapter 6
1. What caught on fire?
A. Pony’s House B. The Church C. The Park
2. Who needs to be rescued?
A. School Children
B. Cherry C. Johnny
3. Who are the heroes?
A. Pony, Johnny, and Dally B. Jerry Wood C. Darry and Soda
4. Who gets taken away in an ambulance?
A. Cherry B. One of the children C. Dally, Pony, Johnny, and Jerry Wood
Discussion Questions: Chapter 6
5. What 3 things does Cherry want to do?
6. Is Cherry still a soc? Why or why not?
7. Why doesn’t Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?
8. What “other side” of Dallas is revealed in this chapter?
9. Do the three boys prove themselves to be heroes? Explain.
10. Why do you think Johnny wasn’t scared, despite the obvious danger, on page 92?
11. What secret fear does Pony realize Darry has at the end of this chapter?
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Reading Check Questions: Chapter 7
1. Why won’t the hospital give Pony, Soda, and Darry information about Dally and Johnny?
A. Doctors don’t want to shock them B. Doctors don’t see them as “family”
2. What are Dally’s injuries?
A. Severely burned arm
B. Broken Back C. Sprained Ankle
3. What are Johnny’s injuries?
A. Severely burned arm B. Broken Back & 3rd Degree Burns C. Sprained Ankle
Discussion Questions: Chapter 7
1. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
2. Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
3. “Maybe people are younger when they are asleep” [p.104]. What do you think about this comment?
4. What is a juvenile delinquent [p.107]?
5. Why would Two­Bit think Johnny, Dally, and Pony were heroes all along; before they saved the kids?
6. What was Bob’s “real” problem, according to Randy [p.116]
7. Why did Pony think it was better to see socs as “just guys” on p.118?
8. What happened with Sandy?
9. Why does Randy talk with Pony?