MC QuotesVocab Idioms 300
Johnny’s mood when he wrote the letter was A. peaceful B. restless C. aggressive D. regretful
Peaceful
What does the word fuzz mean ? A. pet B. gun C. police D. cigarette
Police
Which of the following points was not made in Johnny’s letter? A. There is still good in the world. B. He forgives his mother and father. C. He didn’t mind having to die for those kids. D. Pony can make it in life if he wants to.
He forgives his mother and father.
Why did Johnny want Dally to watch a sunset. A. He knows Dally is a nature lover at heart. B. He wanted Dally to spend time with Cherry. C. Johnny thought sunsets represented hope and good. D. He wanted Pony and Dally to be best friends.
Johnny thought sunsets represented hope and good.
Why was Pony upset about getting a hair cut? A. It was painful for him when Johnny cut it. B. It took him a long time to grow it and his hair symbolized him as a greaser. C. It was not cut short enough. He wanted it shaved. D. It was cut unevenly.
It took him a long time to grow it and his hair symbolized him as a greaser.
What were Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy? A. I’ll miss you little buddy. B. I don’t want to die, Ponyboy. C. Tell Dally that I’ll miss him. D. Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.
Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.
What did Johnny mean by “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.” A. Don’t change. Continue to enjoy reading, learning, and watching sunsets. Don’t get tough. B. Stay young and don’t ever get old. C. Be tough and you won’t get hurt. D. Keep writing stories and books because it makes you gold.
Don’t change. Continue to enjoy reading, learning, and watching sunsets. Don’t get tough.
Why did Dally aim an unloaded gun at the police? A. He was playing a game with them and he didn’t think they would shoot him. B. Dally wanted to die because he lost everything that he had, Johnny. C. He wanted to kill the police officers because Johnny had just died. D. He was defending himself because the police had pointed their guns at him first.
Dally wanted to die because he lost everything that he had, Johnny.
How are the Socs and the Greasers alike? A. They are the same social class. B. They both hate school and drop out before they graduate. C. Both groups like violence and killing. D. Their lives are not perfect. They both have their own sets of problems.
Their lives are not perfect. They both have their own sets of problems.
How does Johnny interpret the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”? A. He says that the poem is about nature and the changing of the seasons. B. He says it is about gang violence and how you have to fight for what is right. C. He says that when you are young, things are new. It’s only when you get older that you get used to everything. D. He says that he doesn’t understand the meaning of the poem, but he likes it.
He says that when you are young, things are new. It’s only when you get older that you get used to everything.
Define premonition
An early warning or feeling something is going to happen
Define indignant
Angry because of injustice
Define ornery
Bad-tempered and combative; stubborn
Define shanghaiing
Tricking someone into doing something
Define rueful
Feeling or showing sorrow or pity; mournful
We have troubles you’ve never even heard of. You want to know something?...Things are rough all over.
Cherry
You’d better wise up, Pony… you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt.
Dally
He just took the sentence without battin’ one eye or even denyin’ it. That’s gallant.
Johnny
I’m sick of it because it doesn’t do any good. You can’t win, you know that, don’t you?
Randy
It’s just… I can’t stand to hear y’all fight. Sometimes… I just have to get out or… it’s like I’m the middleman…
Soda
Lone it
Go alone
Tight knit
Very close (relationships)
Lift a hubcap
Steal a hubcap
Gets drunk on plain living
Enjoys life
JD
Juvenile delinquent