Ch. 1 Vocab.

Question 0

Loned

Answer 0

Went by oneself, went alone, solo

“For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did. So I loned it.”

Question 1

Rarely

Answer 1

Uncommon, infrequent

“My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut.”

Question 2

Asset

Answer 2

Worth, of value

“For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did. So I loned it.”

Question 3

Slouched

Answer 3

To sit or stand in a drooping (over) manner

“Two-Bit took a long drag on his cigarette, Johnny slouched and hooked his thumbs in his pockets, and I stiffened”

Question 4

Madras

Answer 4

Cotton fabric shirt, usually bright colored

“One had on a white shirt and a madras ski jacket, and the other a light-yellow shirt and a wine-colored sweater.”

Question 5

Cowlick

Answer 5

Tuft of hair growing in a different direction

“He has dark-brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back—just like Dad’s—but Darry’s eyes are his own.”

Question 6

Quivering

Answer 6

Trembling, shaking, tremulous

“I’m just a little spooked, that’s all.” I drew a quivering breath and quit crying.”

Question 7

Complicated

Answer 7

Involved, complex, hard to understand

“Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls”

Question 8

Sarcasm

Answer 8

A bitter cutting jest, cutting remark

“Sure,” I said, trying for Soda’s sake to keep the sarcasm out of my voice.”

Question 9

Incredulous

Answer 9

Unbelieving

“She gave him an incredulous look; and then she threw her Coke in his face.”

Question 10

Nonchalantly

Answer 10

Indifferently, no matter which way its done

Question 11

Sophisticated

Answer 11

Cultured, worldly

Question 12

Elite

Answer 12

A select body, the best, top of the top

Question 13

Resignedly

Answer 13

Giving up and accepting the future

Question 14

Unceasingly

Answer 14

Continous, not ceasing, not stopping

Question 15

Bootlegging

Answer 15

Illegal action of selling alcohol where not legally permitted.

Question 16

Apprehensive

Answer 16

Scornful, insolent, to be concerned or worried

Question 17

Contemptuously

Answer 17

Afraid, suspicious

“Oh, shoot, kid”—Dally glanced contemptuously over his shoulder—“I was in the bedroom.”

Question 18

Winced

Answer 18

To recoil from pain, to jump back with pain.

Question 19

Bewildering

Answer 19

Very confused, perplexed