Mrs. Mcfadden Team 4 Room 203

The Outsiders

By S.E. Hinton

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Mrs. McFadden Team 4 – Room 203

Glossary of Terms

1)A'woofin'--Kidding or teasing

2)Bopper--Rumbler, or fighter, to the Brumly gang

3)Bum--Used as an adjective to mean wretched, worthless

4)Corn-poney--Unsophisticated, corny

5)Crocked--Drunk

6)Dig--Understand, appreciate

7)Heater--Gun

8)Holler uncle--Give up

9)Madras--A light, cotton fabric of various weaves, used for shirts.

10)One-horse--Small and insignificant

11)Pickled--Drunk

12)Rank --Used as an adjective to mean inferior

13)Reformatory--A correctional institution for minors

14)Savvy?--"Understand?"

15)Snooker--A game that is a variant of pool, played with 15 red balls (with a point value of 1) and 6 balls of other colors (with point values from 2 to 7).

16)Soft--Delicate, not a good fighter

17)Switch--Short for switchblade, a type of pocketknife.

18)Tagalong--A person who follows another's lead.

19)Tuff--Different from "tough," which means rough; "tuff" means "cool, sharp."

20)Weed—Cigarette

The Gang of (Major) Characters!

Name / Age / What does this character look like? / How does this character act? (Character traits) / How do other characters react to/treat this character? / Symbol to represent character
Ponyboy Curtis /
Sodapop Curtis
Darrel ‘Darry’ Curtis
Two-Bit Matthews
Dallas ‘Dally’ Winston
Johnny Cade
Steve Randle

Chapter 1 Vocabulary

#1 editorial: n. an article in the newspaper giving the views of the editors or publishers; an expression of opinion

Example: The editorial in the paper expressed the opinion that white deer are invaluable.

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#2 asset: n. an advantage, something helpful, a plus, a benefit

Example: I would love to say that this is the backyard to my vacation property, but I am not so lucky to call this an asset of mine.

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#3 madras: n. a fine, usually cotton, fabric with various designs (plaid)

Example: In The Outsiders, the rich, preppy Socs wear madras shirts.

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#4 rumble: n. a street fight, especially among gangs

Example: In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the Greasers and the Socs are always getting caught up in a rumble.

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#5sagely: adv. wisely

Example: The wise, old man sagely said, “When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.”

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#6sullenly: adv. gloomily, silently, morosely

Example: Staring sullenly, the teenage boy gave his mom the cold shoulder when she asked him how his day was.

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Chapter 1 Questions

1.What perspective is S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, told from? Who is telling the story?

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2.What interests does Ponyboy have? What does this reveal about his character?

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3.Who does Ponyboy live with? What happened to his parents?

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4.What happens to Ponyboy as he walks home from the movies?

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5.What does “tuff” mean (pg. 12)? What word(s) do we use in today’s society to mean the same thing?

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6.Who does Ponyboy seem to be closest to? Why do you think that is?

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Chapter 1 Questions (continued)

7.Who does Ponyboy seem to clash with? Why do you think that is?

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8.Who is Sandy? How does Sodapop feel about Sandy?

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Chapter 2 Vocabulary

#1nonchalantly: adv. giving an effect of unconcern or indifference; airily, coolly

Example: Angelina nonchalantly lies in the sun and watches the world around her.

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#2 feud: n. a prolonged quarrel (fight), especially a lasting conflict between families or clans marked by violent attacks made for revenge

Example: In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the Montagues and the Capulets are two noble families whofeud bitterly.

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Chapter 2 Questions

The Outsiders is set during the 1960’s. What signs of the timedid you notice?

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What happens when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally go to the drive-in movies?

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What happened to Johnny, in the past, which makes him seem so defeated and scared? Describe this defining moment.

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What did Johnny vow to do if someone ever “jumped” him again?

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Chapter 2 Questions (continued)

What do Cherry Valance and Marcia think of Johnny and Ponyboy?

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Cherry tells Ponyboy, “We [Socs] have troubles you’ve never even heard of.” What kind of problems do you think the Socs may have?

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Chapter 3 Vocabulary

#1 aloof: adj. removed or distant physically or emotionally

Example: The model acted aloofas the paparazzi tried to snap her picture for the tabloid.

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#2impersonal: adj. not involving human emotions; nonchalant, detached, unconcerned

Example: Not being the type to show all of his emotions, Lionel’s impersonal nature makes it difficult to get to know him.

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#3 elite: adj. the most privileged social class, superior, “cream of the crop,” number one

Example: Being a member of the socially elite requires high fashion, money and manners.

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Chapter 3 Questions

In Cherry’s opinion, what is the difference between Socs and greasers?

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On page 38, Cherry says, “We’re [Socs] always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we could.” What do you think she meant by this?

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What happens as the greasers start out to take Cherry and Marcia home?

How is a fight avoided?

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Do you think Ponyboy and Cherry remain friends? Why or why not?

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Ponyboy tells Cherry, “We aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” What is the significance of this quote?

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How does Cherry feel about Dallas Winston (Dally)? How do you know?

Why do you think she feels this way?

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Chapter 3 Questions (continued)

Johnny and Ponyboy are feeling tense and depressed after Cherry and Marcia leave with the Socs. Why? What do they discuss?

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What happens after Ponyboy gets home late? Describe the conflict between Darry and him.

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Where is Ponyboy headed after his fight with Darry? Who is with him?

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Chapter 4 Vocabulary

#1apprehensive: adj. viewing the future with anxiety, anxious, edgy, nervous and jumpy

Example: Waiting to hear if he made the team, he gave the coach an apprehensive look.

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#2 defiance: n. the disposition (natural attitude) to resist or challenge

Example: The criminal’s look of defiance marked him as being tough and ready for a challenge.

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#3 towheaded: adj. a person having whitish-blond hair

Example: Little Bobby’s hair is such a light shade of blond, his grandma always calls him her little towheaded baby.

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#4contemptuously: adv. acting as though you despise or hate someone

Example: Edward stared contemptuously at Jacob; he didn’t like Jacob all that much since Jacob loved Bella too.

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#5 ruefully: adv. regretfully, sorrowfully

Example: Holding his head in his paws, Shadow moaned ruefully; he was really sorry he ate that last slipper.

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#6 reformatory: n. an institution for reforming (correcting or improving one’s character) especially young or first offenders

Example: Ponyboy and Johnny hope that they never end up in a reformatory for bad behavior.

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Chapter 4 Vocabulary (continued)

#7 hermit: n. one who lives in solitude (often for religious reasons)

Example: Legend has it that the old hermit, who lives in this cabin, sits on a rock to meditate even during snowstorms.

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#8 premonition: n. a sense of something to happen in the future, foreboding

Example: Aunt Sue had a premonition that Uncle Ross’s plane would crash; she was so worried she stayed by the phone all day waiting to hear if this horrible gut feeling was accurate.

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Chapter 4 Questions

Describe, in detail, what happens to Johnny and Ponyboy at the park the night that Ponyboy and Darry fought.

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What happens to Bob? How do the boys react?

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Where do the boys go to get help? Why? What help do they receive?

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Where do Ponyboy and Johnny go? How do they get there?

What is this place they’re now staying at like?

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Chapter 5 Vocabulary

#1 imploringly: adv. doing or saying something in a pleading fashion, to appeal to, beg or urge

Example: Cooper looked imploringly at the plate of chicken cordon bleu as it sat tantalizingly on the edge of the counter.

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#2 gallant: adj. chivalrous (honorable, polite and generous), noble, brave

Example: Sir Arthur, the gallant knight, rode up and kissed the fair maiden’s hand.

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#3 elude: v. to escape the notice of, evade, avoid

Example: Biscuit tried to elude Sammy by hiding under the bed, but Sammy soon found him.

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#4 fiend: n. a person excessively devoted to a pursuit, an addict

Example: Olivia ate chocolate like a fiend; she could never get enough.

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#5indignant: adj. aggravated, annoyed, filled with or marked by indignation (anger because something is unjust, unworthy or mean)

Example: Becky Suestood with both hands braced on her hips and the most indignant look plastered on her face; she couldn’t believe her brother took the last Oreo cookie.

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#6gorge: v. to eat greedily, stuff to capacity

Example: The spirit of Thanksgiving was lost as everyone at the table realized they were about to gorge themselves on a rather familiar bird.

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Chapter 5 Questions

What supplies does Johnny get at the start of Chapter 5?

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What do Johnny and Ponyboy do to disguise their looks?

How does Ponyboy feel about this? Why?

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Johnny begins to reflect on what he did. How does he react? How is he feeling?

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Why does Johnny compare Dally to a southern gentleman? In what way is Dally like a southern gentleman according to Johnny?

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“Dally was so real he scared me,” Ponyboy thinks to himself. What do you think he means?

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How is “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny, relevant to Johnny and Ponyboy’s story?

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Chapter 5 Questions (continued)

Who comes to visit the boys at the church? What does he bring? Where does he take them?

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What does Sodapop write in his letter to Ponyboy?

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Chapter 6 Vocabulary

#1 doggedly: adv. stubbornly determined, tenacious

Example: Lightning, who was ironically named, doggedly refused to move.

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#2 conviction: n. the state of being convinced, belief, opinion

Example: My three-year-old daughter has a strong conviction that she is always right.

Use it in a sentence: ______

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Chapter 6 Questions

What news does Dally bring to Ponyboy and Johnny about Cherry?

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What important announcement does Johnny make?

Why does he feel this is the right thing to do?

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What upsets Johnny regarding his parents? Explain.

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How does Dally feel about Johnny turning himself into the police?

Give details to support your answer.

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Chapter 6 Questions (continued)

What happens to the church? What role do Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy play in this crisis?

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Where are the boys taken after this crisis? Why?

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What do the teachers, Jerry Wood and Mrs. O’Briant, think of the boys?

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Describe the reunion between Ponyboy and his family.

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Chapter 7Vocabulary

#1 bleak: adj. withouthopeorencouragement;depressing

Example: Soda was awake by then, and although he looked stony-faced, as if he hadn’t heard a word the doctor had said, his eyes were bleak and stunned.

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#2 aghast: adj. struckwithoverwhelmingshockoramazement;filledwithsuddenfrightorhorror

Example: “Work?” Two-Bit was aghast. “And ruin my rep? I wouldn’t be baby-sittin’ the kid here if I knew of some good day-nursery on Saturdays.”

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#3 exploit: n. astrikingornotabledeed;feat;spiritedorheroicact

Example: “…anyways, I was walking around downtown and started to take this short cut through an alley”- Two-Bit was telling me about one of his many exploits while we did dishes.

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Chapter 7 Questions

Describe the scene at the hospital while the boys are waiting for news about Dally and Johnny.

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What condition is Johnny in?

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What casual house rules do the boys, Ponyboy, Darry and Sodapop, follow?

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Chapter 7 Questions (continued)

Two-Bit shows Ponyboy the morning newspaper.

What does the paper report about the boys? Be detailed!

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How does Ponyboy react to this information?

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What happened to Sandy, Sodapop’s girlfriend?

How do you think Sodapop feels about this? Why?

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What important information does Randy reveal to Ponyboy about the upcoming rumble between the Socs and the greasers? Why does he decide this?

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Randy tells Ponyboy, “Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometime I think it’s the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs…” What is the significance of this quote?

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When Two-Bit asks Ponyboy what Randy wanted, Ponyboy responds, “He ain’t a Soc. He’s just a guy.” What is the significance of this exchange?

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Chapter 8 Vocabulary

#1 divert: v. toturnasideorfromapathorcourse;deflect

Example: It was the reward of two hours of walking aimlessly around a hardware store to divert suspicion.

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2 reluctant: adj. unwilling;disinclined

Example: “All right,” said Two-Bit reluctantly. “But Darry’ll kill me if you’re really sick and go ahead and fight anyway.”

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Chapter 8 Questions

What condition is Johnny in physically and emotionally as Ponyboy visits him in the hospital? How does he feel about dying?

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Who comes, unexpectedly, to visit Johnny? How does he react to this?

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Contrast Ponyboy’s mother to Johnny’s. How are they different?

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Describe Two-Bit and Ponyboy’s visit with Dally at the hospital?

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Chapter 8 Questions (continued)

What information does Cherry bring to the boys?

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What quality did Cherry love in Bob that Dally also shared?

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Why does Ponyboy tell Cherry, “You’re a traitor to your own kind and not loyal to us”? How does his interaction with Cherry end?

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Chapter 9 Vocabulary

#1wearily: adj. physicallyormentallyexhaustedbyhardwork,exertion,strain,etc.;fatigued;tired

Example: “I’ll be okay,” I said wearily. “How come you never worry about Sodapop as much?”

Use it in a sentence: ______

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#2 agony: n. extremeandgenerallyprolongedpain;intensephysicalormentalsuffering

Example: It was scary quiet. I looked at Johnny. He was very still, and for a moment I thought in agony: He’s dead already. We’re too late.

Use it in a sentence: ______

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Chapter 9 Questions

How do the boys prep for the big rumble?

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How do Darry and Sodapop feel about fighting in general? Why? And Ponyboy?

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Describe the internal debate Darry has with himself as he decides whether or not to let Ponyboy fight in the rumble?

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Describe the mood of the boys as they leave for the rumble. Give specific evidence from the text.

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Chapter 9 Questions (continued)

Who shows for the big rumble?

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What does Ponyboy think about Darry’s future? Why is this important for Ponyboy?

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Who starts the rumble? Who shows up unexpectedly? How did he get there? Who wins the rumble?

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What happens to Johnny? What does he mean when he tells Ponyboy,

“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.”

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Chapter 10 Vocabulary

#1 stupor: n. adazedcondition;stateofbemusement

Example: Dally had taken the car and I started the long walk home in a stupor.

Use it in a sentence: ______

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#2 bewildered: adj. completelypuzzledorconfused;perplexed

Example: His eyes were closed, but when the door shut behind me he opened them, and I suddenly wondered if my own eyes looked as feverish and bewildered as his.

Use it in a sentence: ______

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Chapter 10 Questions

How are the boys, especially Ponyboy and Dally, taking the news about Johnny? Give specific details to support your answer.

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What happens to Dally? Why do you think Dally put himself in this situation?

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In what ways is Dally an unsung hero?

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What happens to Ponyboy after Dally’s death?

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Chapter 11 Vocabulary

#1 guardian: n. apersonwhoisentrustedbylawwiththecareofthepersonorproperty,orboth,ofanother,asaminororsomeonelegallyincapableofmanaginghisorherownaffairs.

Example: If the judge decides Darry isn’t a good guardian or something, I’m liable to get stuck in a home somewhere.

Use it in a sentence: ______

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Chapter 11 Questions

Who comes to visit Ponyboy while he’s recuperating and why?

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How does Ponyboy react to this visit?

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How has Darry and Ponyboy’s relationship evolved throughout the course of the novel? Provide details to support your answer.

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Chapter 12 Vocabulary

#1acquitted: v. pronounced not guilty

Example: Anyone who has ever been charged with a crime is always greatly relieved to be acquitted.

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#2 vast: adj. ofverygreatareaorextent;immense

Example: It was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn’t be so quick to judge a boy…

Use it in a sentence: ______

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Chapter 12 Questions

What happened at the trial? Give specific details as you explain it.

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Describe how school is going for Ponyboy? What are his grades like?

Why do you think this is happening to him?

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What deal does Ponyboy’s English teacher make with him?

Is this a fair deal? Why or why not?

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When Ponyboy encounters some Socs outside of the neighborhood hangout, what happens? What’s the significance of this encounter?

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Chapter 12 Questions (continued)

Why are Darry and Ponyboy fighting? What does Darry accuse Ponyboy of doing?

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What information is revealed about Sandy, Sodapop’s ex-girlfriend?

How is Sodapop handling things lately?

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How does Sodapop react to Ponyboy and Darry’s fighting? Why?

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What did Johnny mean to the gang? What was he to all of them?

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