* What is the location this story was set in?
* What decade is the story set in?
* What are the three most leading characters' names?
* In the book, why did Darry get upset with Ponyboy when he got jumped by the Socs?
* At the drive-in, why did Cherry and Marcia leave their boyfriends during the movie?
* What was the movie that was playing at the drive-in?
* Why did Dallas get mad and leave the movie? Was this unusual?
* What did Johnny notice about Cherry's boyfriend when they caught up with them after the movie?
* What were Johnny's parents doing when he tried to go into the house?
* Why did Darry and Ponyboy get into a fight, causing Pony to run from the house?
* Why did Johnny kill the Soc and what was the boy's name? Who played this character in the movie?
* What was one thing that Ponyboy got upset with Johnny about while they were hiding out?
* When Dallas came to see them at the church, why did he get mad?
* What caught the church on fire? How many kids did the guys save?
* Who portrayed the nurse in Dallas's hospital room?
* Why did Ponyboy always remember the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost?
* Who came to see Johnny in the hospital and why did he send them away?
* Which Soc did Darry pick as his opponent at the rumble? How did they know each other?
* Before the rumble, Ponyboy and Randy had a conversation. What realization had Randy come to because of the events of the last week?
* When Johnny was dying, what were his parting words to Dallas and Ponyboy?